Content note: This 1930 revue includes period racial stereotypes (including the "jungle" prologue to Rhapsody in Blue), shown as made for historical context.
King of Jazz (1930) is a 100-minute classic drama that airs free on Starlite TV's Silver Screen (CH 2) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: Published 1930 (Universal, released 1930-04-19): U.S. copyright term expired at the end of 2025; listed by Duke Law Public Domain Day 2026 (https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/). Source item uploaded by Internet Archive staff for Public Domain Day 2026, marked Public Domain Mark 1.0. Print appears to be the restored two-strip Technicolor version; a faithful restoration adds no new U.S. copyright to the film. Rhapsody in Blue (1924) is also past its U.S. term. U.S. status only. Checked Oct 25 2026.
Music: 1930 film soundtrack. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and songs published 1930 or earlier are past their U.S. term.
