The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk (1924), directed by Frank Lloyd and based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini, is in the public domain in the United States. Under the current U.S. copyright law, all works published before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of whether they were originally registered or renewed. Since this film was released in June 1924, its original maximum copyright term of 95 years (including the initial 28-year term and the subsequent 67-year renewal extension granted by the Copyright Act of 1976 and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) expired on January 1, 2020. As of that date, the film moved into the public domain, allowing it to be legally screened, distributed, and adapted without permission from the original studio's successor-in-interest.