Public Domain
What the Daisy Said
1910 · Biograph Company · Dir. D.W. Griffith
Two sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals off of a flower, while the other has her fortune told by a gypsy. When the gypsy tells the fortune so as to serve his own purposes, complications soon develop.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
What the Daisy Said is a 1910 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford. Under U.S. copyright law, all works published or registered before January 1, 1928, have entered the public domain regardless of renewal status or notice.
The film was originally registered for copyright by the Biograph Company on July 13, 1910 (Registration Number: LP1201). Even if the copyright had been perfectly maintained and renewed, the maximum possible term of 95 years from publication for works of this era would have expired in 2005. Per the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act, works from 1910 are now definitively in the public domain in the United States.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2012650117/
- https://archive.org/details/WhatTheDaisySaid
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures 1894–1912
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (Early Years)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.