Public Domain
Number, Please?
1920 · Hal Roach Studios · Dir. Hal Roach
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'Number, Please?', starring Harold Lloyd, was released on December 21, 1920. Under the current United States copyright law, specifically the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain.
As a 1920 release, the film's maximum 95-year copyright term expired no later than the end of 2015. However, because it was published prior to 1928, it moved into the public domain even earlier under the transition rules or has reached the absolute cutoff for protection. There are no circumstances under US law where a 1920 commercial motion picture would still be under copyright protection today.
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