Lucky Jim

The film 'Lucky Jim' (1909), directed by D.W. Griffith for the Biograph Company, is in the public domain in the United States. Under current US copyright law, all works published before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of whether they were originally registered or renewed. At the time of its release, film copyrights were governed by the Copyright Act of 1909 (though many films of this era were registered as a series of still photographs). Regardless of the specific registration mechanism used at the time, the maximum possible term of 95 years from publication has long since expired. This specific production is a well-documented short film from Griffith's tenure at Biograph and is held in various archives, including the Library of Congress, which facilitates the study of its public domain status.