Mr. Imperium (1951) is an 86-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: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia 'List of films in the public domain in the United States' (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman 2010); the film's Wikipedia article says MGM did not renew the copyright and it entered the public domain in 1979 (cites Pierce 2007). Per-title Catalog of Copyright Entries renewal lookup NOT done.
Music: Songs in the film were NOT checked for separate copyrights. Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
