Pa Sees Some New Styles

The film 'Pa Sees Some New Styles' (alternatively cited as 'Pa Sees New Styles') was released in late 1916 as part of the 'Phables' series, an animated series produced by the International Film Service (owned by William Randolph Hearst). The production was based on the comic strips of Frederick Burr Opper. Under current U.S. copyright law, specifically the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. This film, having been published in 1916, meets this criterion regardless of whether its copyright was ever maintained or renewed. The maximum 95-year copyright term for works of this era has expired by at least a decade.