1920s films — US copyright status

Evidence-backed US copyright status for 70 researched films from the 1920s — each with primary-source citations and layer-by-layer verdicts. This is a research list, not a public-domain list: “Clear” means the film print is public domain in the US, “Unclear” means researched-but-not-yet-evidenced, “Active rights” means protected. Always check the music and story layers before reuse.

4 Devils1928 · Clear Ben-Hur1925 · Clear Beyond the Rocks1922 · Clear Blood and Sand1922 · Clear Camille1921 · Clear Faust1926 · Clear Foolish Wives1922 · Clear Girl Shy1924 · Clear Go West1925 · Clear Greed1924 · Clear Hallelujah!1929 · Clear In Old Arizona1929 · Clear London After Midnight1927 · Clear Metropolis1927 · Clear Nanook of the North1922 · Clear Nosferatu1922 · Clear Orphans of the Storm1921 · Clear Our Hospitality1923 · Clear Outside the Law1920 · Clear Robin Hood1922 · Clear Safety Last!1923 · Clear Seven Chances1925 · Clear Sherlock Jr.1924 · Clear Steamboat Bill, Jr.1928 · Clear Steamboat Willie1928 · Clear Street Angel1928 · Clear Sunrise1927 · Clear The Ace of Hearts1921 · Clear The Big Parade1925 · Clear The Black Pirate1926 · Clear The Broadway Melody1929 · Clear The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920 · Clear The Cameraman1928 · Clear The Cat and the Canary1927 · Clear The Circus1928 · Clear The Cocoanuts1929 · Clear The Covered Wagon1923 · Clear The Crowd1928 · Clear The Docks of New York1928 · Clear The Extra Girl1923 · Clear The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1921 · Clear The Freshman1925 · Clear The General1926 · Clear The Gold Rush1925 · Clear The Haunted Castle1921 · Clear The Hollywood Revue of 19291929 · Clear The Hunchback of Notre Dame1923 · Clear The Iron Horse1924 · Clear The Jazz Singer1927 · Clear The Kid1921 · Clear The Kid Brother1927 · Clear The Last Warning1928 · Clear The Lost World1925 · Clear The Man Who Laughs1928 · Clear The Mark of Zorro1920 · Clear The Monster1925 · Clear The Navigator1924 · Clear The Paleface1922 · Clear The Penalty1920 · Clear The Phantom Express1925 · Clear The Phantom of the Opera1925 · Clear The Sheik1921 · Clear The Son of the Sheik1926 · Clear The Ten Commandments1923 · Clear The Thief of Bagdad1924 · Clear The Unholy Three1925 · Clear The Unknown1927 · Clear The Virginian1929 · Clear The Wind1928 · Clear Way Down East1920 · Clear

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