The Big Secret
THE BIG SECRET. 1921. 2 reels.
Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2017: the full term of registration LP16429 of 1921 by William Fox has run out.
Finding revision e8ea7ade, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.
Director, Ferris Hartman.
Registration LP16429 Copyright term expired
- Term began
- 1921-04-10
- Claimant
- William Fox
- Author
- Fox Film Corp., author
- Class
- LP — published photoplay
- Finding
- copyright term began 1921-04-10; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
- In the public domain since
- 1 January 2017 (maximum 95-year term from 1921)
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The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.
Catalog entry
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 17940–17945.
THE BIG SECRET. 1921. 2 reels.
Credits: Director, Ferris Hartman.
© William Fox (Fox Film Corp., author); 10Apr21; LP16429.
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