Public Domain
The Wrath of the Gods
1914 · New York Motion Picture Company / Domino Film Company · Dir. Reginald Barker
An American sailor falls in love with a fisherman's daughter and convinces her that Jesus is more powerful than the gods who have cursed her.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'The Wrath of the Gods' (also known as 'The Wrath of the Gods; or, The Destruction of Sakura-jima') was released in the United States on June 8, 1914. Under the US Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent extensions (specifically the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act), all works published or registered in the United States prior to January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of renewal status. As a 1914 release, the maximum 95-year copyright term for this work expired no later than the end of 2009. The film is currently preserved by various archives and is widely recognized as public domain, with digital copies available via the Internet Archive and the George Eastman Museum.
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Supporting facts
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
- IMDb: The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
- Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures 1912-1939
- Internet Archive: The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
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