Zhi guo yuan (Laborer's Love)

The film 'Zhi guo yuan' (commonly translated as 'Laborer's Love' or 'Romance of a Fruit Peddler') was directed by Zhang Shichuan and released in Shanghai, China, in 1922. As a work first published before January 1, 1928, it is definitively in the public domain in the United States, regardless of its country of origin or renewal status. This follows the expiration of the maximum possible copyright term (95 years) for all works published prior to 1928. Furthermore, because the film was a Chinese production from the early 1920s, there is no evidence of a concurrent US copyright registration or notice that would have provided it with protection under the 1909 Act. Even if such protection had existed, the 1928 cutoff for all works (domestic and foreign) ensures its public domain status as of January 1, 2023. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.