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Of Human Bondage (1934)

Name: Of Human Bondage
Genre: Classic Drama
Released: 1934
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee, Reginald Owen, Kay Johnson

193483 minClassic DramaStrong rights evidence

Of Human Bondage (1934) is an 83-minute classic film 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). Directed by John Cromwell.

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About Of Human Bondage (1934)

Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

Sensitive, club-footed artist Philip Carey is a Briton who has been studying painting in Paris for four years. His art teacher tells him his work lacks talent, so he returns to London to become a medical doctor, but his moodiness and chronic self-doubt make it difficult for him to keep up in his schoolwork. Philip falls passionately in love with tearoom waitress Mildred Rogers, even though she is disdainful of his club foot and his obvious interest in her. Knowing he is attracted to her, she is manipulative and cruel toward him when he asks her for a date.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Of Human Bondage (1934 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: John Cromwell
Cast includes: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee, Reginald Owen, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, Georges Renavent
Country: United States
Based on: Of Human Bondage

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Silver Screen - CH 2, Classic Cinema

Rights & source

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' - reason: Copyright not renewed (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman / trade sources). Novel 1915 PD.
License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
Underlying rights: Novel 1915 PD.
Source: Internet Archive

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