Public Domain
The Last of the Mohicans
1920 · Associated Producers · Dir. Maurice Tourneur
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
Under the current copyright laws of the United States, all works published or registered before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain. This 1920 silent film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel, co-directed by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown, was released on November 21, 1920.
Because the film was published more than 95 years ago and falls before the 1929 threshold established by the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, its copyright protection has expired regardless of whether it was originally registered or renewed. It is now freely available for public use, adaptation, and distribution.
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