
Public Domain
The Wrong Mr. Fox
1917 · Victor Film Company · Dir. Harry Jackson
An unemployed actor is mistaken for the new preacher in a small town.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The Wrong Mr. Fox is a silent comedy short directed by Harry Edwards and released in February 1917 by the Victor Film Company (distributed through Universal Film Manufacturing Co.).
Under the current US copyright law (17 USC § 304), all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain due to the expiration of their maximum copyright term (95 years). As a 1917 release, this film's copyright expired no later than the end of 1992, regardless of whether it was renewed or maintained by the original studio.
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— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- IMDb - The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917)
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (1911-1920)
- Library of Congress: Copyright Records for 1917 (CCE)
- Cornell University Library: Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
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