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Poster: | Video-Cellar | Date: | Apr 21, 2010 1:26am |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Charlie Chan-Are Any of These Really Public Domain |
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Poster: | Moongleam | Date: | Apr 21, 2010 6:47pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Charlie Chan-Are Any of These Really Public Domain |
| and that doesn't take into account films that fell into the PD through
| other failures to comply like the Chan movies mentioned.
So at least 80% of the movies made between 1930 and 1960 are PD?
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Poster: | Video-Cellar | Date: | Apr 21, 2010 8:34pm |
Forum: | feature_films | Subject: | Re: Charlie Chan-Are Any of These Really Public Domain |
-No films made before 1915 were renewed
-Major studios did not routinely renew until their 1925 films came up
-Monogram and PRC did not renew pictures until their mid 40s releases were due.
-Many indie studios (Chesterfield, Tiffany) never renewed their pictures at all.
-Some major studios have almost entire years of production in the 30s, 40s and 50s that lapsed into PD due to clerical or financial problems (eg. MGM [1951 season], Universal [1942, 1947], RKO [1931], various Hal Roach Studios 1940s, Fox [1946] etc).
-Many films were not renewed by the studio who bought the film and remake rights (Farewell to Arms, A Star is Born, etc)
-Most pre-1950 UA films were not renewed.