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The Telltale Clue

THE TELLTALE CLUE. Bison. 1917. 2 reels.

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2013: the full term of registration LP10516 of 1917 by Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc has run out.

Finding revision 6500cf7a, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Helen Jonas; director, George Cochrane; scenario, Calder Johnstone.

Registration LP10516 Copyright term expired

Term began
1917-04-06
Claimant
Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay
Finding
copyright term began 1917-04-06; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2013 (maximum 95-year term from 1917)

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The copyright term began before 1931. Under US law every such term, renewed or not, ended before 2026-01-01.

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Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures 1912–1939 (Library of Congress, 1951), Project Gutenberg #51836, lines 239507–239513.

  THE TELLTALE CLUE. Bison. 1917. 2 reels.

    Credits: Helen Jonas; director, George Cochrane; scenario, Calder
    Johnstone.

    © Universal Film Mfg. Co., Inc.; 6Apr17; LP10516.

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