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Common Sense

COMMON SENSE. 1920. 5 reels.

Copyright term expired Free in the US since 1 January 2016: the full term of registration LP15005 of 1920 by Republic Distributing Corp has run out.

Finding revision 762c55ba, first recorded 5 September 2026. A revision id changes when the finding, its reason or its linked renewals change.

Story, Leota Statten Morgan; scenario and direction, Louis William Chaudet.

Registration LP15005 Copyright term expired

Term began
1920-04-09
Claimant
Republic Distributing Corp
Class
LP — published photoplay
Finding
copyright term began 1920-04-09; the maximum term (28 + 67 years) ended before 2026-01-01
In the public domain since
1 January 2016 (maximum 95-year term from 1920)

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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 41091–41097.

  COMMON SENSE. 1920. 5 reels.

    Credits: Story, Leota Statten Morgan; scenario and direction, Louis
    William Chaudet.

    © Republic Distributing Corp.; 9Apr20; LP15005.

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