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The Lady Refuses (1931)

Name: The Lady Refuses
Genre: Classic Drama
Released: 1931
Duration: 1 h 11 min
Cast: Betty Compson

193172 minClassic DramaStrong rights evidence

The Lady Refuses (1931) is a 72-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 George Archainbaud.

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About The Lady Refuses (1931)

The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton.

Sir Gerald Courtney is an aristocrat whose son, Russell, prefers to spend his time partying with young women rather than focusing on the promising career he has in architecture. When Russell leaves one evening to revel with the gold-digging Berthine Waller rather than spending it dining with his father, Sir Gerald is a bit despondent. As he ponders what to do about his wayward son, providence takes a hand. A beautiful destitute young woman, June, on the verge of entering into the oldest of professions due to her desperation, is being pursued by the London police.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Lady Refuses (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: George Archainbaud
Cast includes: Betty Compson
Country: United States

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Airs on

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). Copyright not renewed.
License on source: creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
Underlying rights: Copyright not renewed.
Source: Internet Archive

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