
Public Domain
Love, Loot and Crash
1915 · Keystone Film Company · Dir. Frank Griffin
A flustered father seeks a cook for his kitchen, his daughter seeks to elope and a pair of crooks seek to get some loot. Add the Keystone Cops and stir vigorously.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'Love, Loot and Crash' is a American silent comedy short produced by Mack Sennett's Keystone Film Company and distributed by Mutual Film. The film was originally released on April 24, 1915. Under current US copyright law, the maximum duration of protection for works published with copyright notice prior to 1928 is 95 years, all of which have now expired.
As of January 1, 2021, all works published in the United States in 1925 entered the public domain; works from 1915 entered the public domain decades ago. Specifically, films from 1915 entered the public domain at the end of their 75th year (under the 1976 Act) or 95th year (under the 1998 Extension Act), meaning this work became public domain no later than 2011. There are no mechanisms for US works of this vintage to remain under copyright protection today.
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Supporting facts
- https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/resources/public-domain-sounds-and-moving-images/
- https://archive.org/details/LoveLootAndCrash1915
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005663/
- Hurst, Richard Maurice. (1992). Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain 1894-1939.
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.