
Public Domain
Victory
1919 · Maurice Tourneur Productions / Paramount-Artcraft Pictures · Dir. Maurice Tourneur
Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
The film 'Victory,' directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jack Holt and Lon Chaney, was released in the United States on December 7, 1919. According to U.S. copyright law, all works published or registered in the U.S. before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of renewal status.
The film was originally registered for copyright by Maurice Tourneur Productions on November 24, 1919, under registration number LP14479. Even if the copyright had been renewed in its 28th year (which would have occurred around 1946-1947), the maximum possible term of protection for works of this era was 95 years from publication. This term expired at the end of 2014. As of January 1, 2024, all films from 1928 and earlier are definitively in the public domain in the United States.
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Supporting facts
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (1893-1993): Victory (1919)
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), Motion Pictures 1912-1939
- U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 15a: Duration of Copyright
- IMDb: Victory (1919)
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