The Mysterious Lady (1928) is an 89-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 1928 (before 1931): the U.S. copyright term (95 years from publication) expired at the end of 2023, renewal or not. The 95-year term applies regardless of country of origin (URAA restoration cannot extend a term past 95 years). Any music on the print is of unknown origin and is NOT used: audio muted, CC0 piano bed. Source: Internet Archive item the-mysterious-lady-1928 (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: Garbo/MGM silent; muted + CC0 piano bed. U.S. status only. Checked Oct 29 2026 (file probed with ffprobe: h264 660x480, faststart).
