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The Internet Archive doesn't have any copyright experts.

However, we do sometimes have access to information about American-made movies. This information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but we can't make any guarantees. We'll do our best to keep it up to date, but you can also try searching the forums for the title of any movie you're curious about.

This list only includes movies that users have asked us about.

If you have questions about a particular movie, please post your inquiry to the Feature Films forum.

Movies that are OKAY to post
Movies that are NOT OKAY to post
Movies - Unknown Status (don't post)
   

These movies are OKAY to post

American-made movies before 1923 (1922 and older) should be okay
  • 39 Steps (1935)
  • A Study in Scarlet (1933)
  • Abilene Town (1946)    PD
  • Aerial Gunner (1943) is PD.
  • Assignment Outer Space
  • Attack from Space
  • Bad Man Of Deadwood (1941)
  • Beachcomber, The - aka - Vessel of Warth (1938)
  • Beachcomber, The (1939) is PD.
  • Becky Sharp (1935)
  • Behave Yourself (1951)
  • Beloved Rogue, The (1927) - The United Artists feature film is PD and the R-C comedy short is not.
  • Betsy Ross (1917)    PD
  • Black Pirate, The (1926)
  • Black Raven, The (1943)
  • Blue Steel (1934)    PD
  • Born to the West - Hell Town (1937)    PD
  • Cavalcade of the West (1936) PD
  • Charlie Chaplin - A Day's Pleasure (1919)
  • Charlie Chaplin - Between Showers (1914)
  • Charlie Chaplin - Dough and Dynamite (1914)
  • Charlie Chaplin - The Idle Class (1921)
  • Charlie Chaplin - Shoulder Arms (1918)
  • Charlie Chaplin - Sunnyside (1919)
  • Check and Double Check (1930)    PD
  • Corregidor (1943)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)    PD
  • Daniel Boone (1936)    PD
  • Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956)        PD
  • Day the Sky Exploded, The
  • Detour (1945)    PD
  • Devil's Messenger, The (1961)    PD
  • Eegah (1962)    PD
  • Eagle, The (1925)
  • Fight for the Sky, The (1945)    PD, U.S. Government
  • Fighting Caravans (1931)        PD
  • Fire Over England (1937)
  • Frozen North, The (1922)    PD
  • Gangster's Den, The (1945)    PD
  • Gangster Story (1960)
  • Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
  • Hittin' the Trail (1937)    PD
  • Hoodlum, The (1951)    PD
  • Jap Zero (1943)    PD, U.S. Government
  • Jungle Book, The (1942) is PD.
  • La Ciociara - Two Women (1960)    PD
  • Lady Gangster (1942)    PD
  • Last of the Mohicans (1920 silent)
  • Let There Be Light (1946)    PD, U.S. Government
  • Light of Western Stars, The (1940)    PD
  • Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)    PD
  • Mr. Adam's Bomb (1949)
  • Murder at the Baskervilles
  • Mutiny (1952)    PD
  • North Star, The (1943)
  • Paper Bullets - Gangs Inc (1941)    PD
  • Quicksand (1950)    PD
  • Rainbow Valley (1935)    PD
  • Phantom from Space
  • The Red House, The (1947)
  • Reign of Terror (1949)
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940)    PD
  • Satanic Rites of Dracula, The  (1974) - UK should be okay.
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green (1945)    PD
  • Sign of Four, The (1932)
  • Sin of Harold Diddlebock, The (1947)    PD
  • Snows of Kilimanjaro,The (1952)    PD
  • Target for Today (1944)    PD, U.S. Government
  • Teenage Zombies(1959) - US should be okay
  • Too Late for Tears (1949)    PD
  • Unknown World (1951)
  • Whistle Stop (1946)    PD
  • Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
  • Young and Innocent (aka Girl Was Young (USA) (1937)    PD


These movies are NOT OKAY to post:

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) unknown, British production, probably still under copyright
  • At War with the Army (1950)
  • Battle of Algiers, The (in Italian, La Battaglia di Algeri), 1966
  • Beloved Rogue, The (1927) - The United Artists feature film is PD and the R-C comedy short is not.
  • Charlie Chaplin - The Pilgrim (1923) - still under copyright until 2018
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Cry of Battle - Officers and Men (1963)    renewed RE-526-501
  • Day The Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
  • Der Golem (1920) by Wegener
  • Desert Trail, The (1935)    copyright, PA-266-910
  • Faust (1926) directed by Murnau
  • Gildersleeve On Broadway - copyright renewed R493281
  • Gildersleeve's Ghost - copyright renewed R513130
  • Gildersleeves Bad Day - copyright renewed R486266
  • Go West (1925)
  • Great Gildersleeve, The - copyright renewed R480070
  • Guy From Harlem, The (1976)
  • Hot Rod Girl (1956)    renewed,  RE377005
  • In the Year 2889 (1967)    If work has copyright notice, it is still under copyright.
  • Informer, The (1935) - US, copyright renewed R297494
  • Invasion from Inner Earth (1974)    If work has copyright notice, it is still under copyright
  • Juno and the Paycock (1930) - UK, restored copyright PA-931-584
  • Keep 'Em Rolling (1934)
  • King Kong (1933)
  • Last of the Mohicans (1936)
  • Le Bambole - The Doll That Took The Town (1965)    copyright renewed under GATT
  • Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)    renewed, RE138485
  • Look Who's Laughing - copyright renewed R446824
  • Mark of the Hawk, The (1957)    renewed, RE271227
  • Modern Times (1936)
  • Monitors, The (1969)
  • Moon of the Wolf (1972) - US, if there is a copyright notice on the film, it is not in public domain.
  • One Eyed Jacks (1961)
  • Parnell (1937) - US, copyright renewed R338639
  • Plan 9 From Outer Space
  • Plough and the Stars, The (1936) - US, copyright renewed R334524
  • Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
  • Rich and Strange (1931)         restored copyright under GATT, PA-928-114
  • Sky Princess (1942)
  • Trail of the Hawk (1939) (made dark 10/17 RE at request of rights holder)
  • Werewolf of Washington, The (1973) - US, if there is a copyright notice on the film, it is not in public domain.
  • Werewolf vs. The Vampire Women (1971) - Spain, copyright restored under GATT


Unknown Status (don't post):

  • Murder at the Baskervilles (1937) - British, dunno
  • Ivan the Terrible (1942/44) - Russian, dunno
  • Utopia (1951) - foreign, we don't know
  • This Other Eden (1959) - Irish
  • Odd Man Out (1947) - UK