Public Domain
Transformations élastiques
1908 · Pathé Frères · Dir. Jean Durand
A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
Transformations élastiques (also known as Elastic Transformations) is a French silent trick film directed by Segundo de Chomón and produced by Pathé Frères. According to the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé and the Filmographie Pathé, the film was released in France in August 1908 and distributed in the United States by the Pathé Frères office in late 1908 and early 1909.
Under US copyright law, all works published anywhere in the world before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain in the United States. As this film was published in 1908, its copyright protection has expired regardless of its country of origin or whether it was registered with the US Copyright Office. No URAA restoration or renewal analysis is required for works of this age.
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Supporting facts
- http://filmographie.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com/5404-transformations-elastiques
- IMDb: Transformations élastiques (1908)
- BFI National Archive: Transformations élastiques (1908)
- Hurst, Richard Maurice. Film Superlist: 1894-1939 (Pre-1928 Public Domain rules applied)
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