Public Domain
Station Content
1918 · Triangle Film Corporation · Dir. Arthur Hoyt
A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and finding her way back to him. The full 5-reel feature is believed lost; A 1926 abridgement of roughly 12 minutes survives.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film 'Station Content' is a US production released in 1918 starring Gloria Swanson and directed by Arthur Humphreys. Under the current US copyright laws (Copyright Act of 1976 and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act), all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain as their statutory copyright terms have expired.
'Station Content' reached the end of its maximum 95-year term no later than 2013, assuming it was even renewed under the previous 1909 Act (though renewal is irrelevant for works this old in the current year). Since the film was published in June 1918, it is now definitively in the public domain in the United States.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Station Content (1918)
- IMDb: Station Content (1918)
- Library of Congress: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures, 1912-1939
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.