Public Domain
The Furs
1912 · Solax Film Company · Dir. Mack Sennett
Mabel Normand is the wife of a rather rotund businessman, Dell Henderson. She doesn't get along with her mother Kate Bruce. She steals some money from her hubby to go shopping. Mack Sennett appears briefly as a shop salesman who sells her some furs.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
Under the current laws of the United States, all works published or registered for copyright before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain regardless of their renewal status or original authorship. This includes motion pictures produced during the silent era.
The Furs was a short comedy produced by the Solax Film Company, the studio founded by Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female film director. The film was released in the United States on April 17, 1912. Because the film was published more than 95 years ago and predates the 1929 cutoff for copyright protection, its legal status is definitively public domain in the US.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Solax Film Company Records at the Library of Congress
- 17 U.S.C. § 304 (Duration of Copyright)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.