Public Domain
Tilly in a Boarding House
1911 · Hepworth
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film 'Tilly in a Boarding House' was released in 1911, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon and starring Alma Taylor and Chrissie White as the 'Tilly Girls.' Under U.S. copyright law, all works published before January 1, 1929, have entered the public domain regardless of their country of origin or renewal status.
Because the film was released well before the 1929 cutoff, its statutory copyright term has expired. No further analysis of copyright notice or renewal is required for works of this era, as the maximum possible term of protection under the 1909 Act (and subsequent extensions) has concluded.
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— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive
- IMDb: Tilly in a Boarding House (1911)
- U.S. Copyright Office Circular 15a: Duration of Copyright
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