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Its been a very long time since we had a wave of culture released to the public domain.
However, Congress changed things in 1998, issuing a 20-year hold on copyright-renewed items entering the public sphere.
Well,those 20 years are up!
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What does this mean for movie lovers?
A number of great, important films all from 1923 are now available for you to view.
Here are 12 of the most exciting ones, in alphabetical order.
Hes also known for working with both Laurel and Hardy before they worked with each other.
The Covered Wagon
The No.
1 film at the box office in 1923 is now a part of the public domain!
Indian attacks and buffalo herds put butts in seats in 1923.
1 flapper status (imagine!
), thanks likely to the marketing that highlighted a skinny-dipping scene, shot entirely in silhouette.
Based on the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams, most of this film was lost over the years.
The Handy Man
Remember the entry about the silent film that starred Oliver Hardy butnotStan Laurel?
6 film of 1923.
Romantic adventure on the high seas sold then, and it sells today.
Davies, named the No.
This too was one of the top-ten films of 1923, and co-starred Stephen Carr and J.M.
Our Hospitality
Buster Keaton rules.
Safety Last!
No wonder the budget ballooned to nearly $1 million.
Chaplin barely appears in the film, turning it over to Edna Purviance again as Marie St. Clair.
