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A Fool and His Money (1912 film)

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A Fool and His Money (1912)
by Alice Guy-Blaché

A 1912 silent short film produced and directed by pioneering female film maker Alice Guy-Blaché, one of the early films with an all-African American cast.

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DirectorAlice Guy-Blaché (d. 1968)
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1968, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 55 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.
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4229828A Fool and His Money1912Alice Guy-Blaché

A FOOL AND HIS MONEY

LINDY JILTS SAM, AND ENTERTAINS WILLIAM JACKSON

"IF THAT MAN COMES IN HERE I'LL GO OUT"

KNOWING THAT HIS SUDDEN PROSPERITY WOULD AROUSE SUSPICION SAM PLANS A TRIP TO NEW YORK

Notis
They is nobody hom in dis
yere plais I am Jones
is gone to git a hull
lot of money his uncle
don die and leave him
Sam Jones

SAM BEGINS SPENDING HIS MONEY

HE PURCHASES AN AUTO AND RIDES TO CONQUER

Mobiloil

NOW, HE'S THE GUY!

HE IS GIVEN THE FREEDOM OF THE HOUSEHOLD

Dare is nobody hom in dis
yere plais I is gone to
New York to git a hull lot
of money his uncle don die
and leave him
Sam Jones

Solax


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:

  • The principal director
  • The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
  • The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
  • The cinematographer
  • By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot

The longest-living of these authors died in 1968, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 55 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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