Looney Lens: Split Skyscrapers

Under current US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain due to the expiration of their maximum copyright term (95 years). 'Looney Lens: Split Skyscrapers' was released and copyrighted in 1924, placing it well within this window. The film was a split-screen novelty short produced by Edwin Miles Fadiman and released through Red Seal Pictures (a company founded by Max Fleischer and Hugo Riesenfeld). It belongs to a series of trick photography shorts. Regardless of its renewal status or studio history, its age alone ensures it is public domain in the United States as of January 1, 2020.