Public Domain
Kathleen Mavourneen
1906 · Edison Manufacturing Co.
Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack. Clearfield then tries to get his way by intimidating Kathleen and her father, but again help arrives in time. Clearfield and his accomplice then come up with their most violent plan yet.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film 'Kathleen Mavourneen' (directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company) was released in 1906. This matches the user's approximate year hint. Under US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain due to the expiration of the maximum 95-year copyright term.
Even if there were multiple versions from this era (such as the 1911 and 1913 versions), all films produced prior to 1928 are definitively in the public domain in the United States. No renewal analysis is required for this time period as the absolute statutory limit has passed for all works in this category.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- https://www.loc.gov/item/00694314/
- https://archive.org/details/kathleen_mavourneen_1906
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (Online Edition)
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