Public Domain
The God Within
1912 · Biograph Company · Dir. D.W. Griffith
The woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and does not return. Target of the camp's jeers, she lives alone until her child is born dead. The doctor fears for her reason if she discovers that all her shame and anguish have been in vain. He has another maternity case on the outskirts of the camp, where the Saint, as the trapper's wife is known, dies in giving birth to a child...
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'The God Within' was directed by D.W. Griffith and produced by the Biograph Company. It was released in the United States on December 12, 1912. The cinematography is credited to G.W. 'Billy' Bitzer.
According to US copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain. This applies to all motion pictures from the silent era produced in 1912. There are no possible extensions or renewals that could keep a 1912 US production under copyright in the 21st century.
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