Ladies of Leisure (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: U.S. copyright term (95 years) expired at the end of 2025; 1930 films entered the U.S. public domain on Jan 1 2026 (Duke Law Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Public Domain Day 2026, https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/). The 95-year term applies regardless of country of origin (URAA restoration cannot extend a term past 95 years). The original soundtrack is part of the same publication and shares its term. Source: Internet Archive item ladies-of-leisure-1930_202501 (uploader tag: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; an uploader cannot licence a public-domain film, so the tag is informational only). Print note: Capra/Stanwyck, Columbia 1930 (Duke PD Day 2026). U.S. status only. Checked Oct 29 2026 (file probed with ffprobe: h264 958x720, faststart).
