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The Painted Hills (1951)

Name: The Painted Hills
Genre: Family
Released: 1951
Duration: 1 h 7 min
Cast: Ann Doran, Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling

195168 minFamilyStrong rights evidence

The Painted Hills (1951) is a 68-minute family film that airs free on Starlite TV's Family Room (CH 10) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below). Directed by Harold F. Kress.

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About The Painted Hills (1951)

The Painted Hills, also known as Lassie's Adventures in the Goldrush, is a 1951 Western drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Harold F. Kress. The Painted Hills is the seventh and final MGM Lassie film.

Prospector Jonathan Harvey, whose faithful companion is a Rough Collie and a descendant of Lassie named Shep, is a friend of his deceased partner Martha Blake's family, including her son Tommy. After years of digging in the hills of California, he finally strikes gold. However, before he can share it with the Blakes, his greedy partner Lin Taylor kills him and attempts to lay claim to the gold. Lin poisons Shep, who nearly dies, and nearly kills Tommy, but Shep recovers and leads Lin into the mountains, where he falls from a cliff to his death.

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

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Credits

Directed by: Harold F. Kress
Cast includes: Ann Doran, Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling
Country: United States

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Airs on

Family Room - CH 10, Family TV

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. Lassie is a trademark - don't use in branding.
License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
Underlying rights: Copyright not renewed. Lassie is a trademark - don't use in branding.
Source: Internet Archive

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