Verified Unrenewed Public Domain 1939 Feature

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Name: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Released: 1939
Duration: 82 min
Cast: Leonard Mudie, May Beatty, Georgios Regas, Arthur Hohl, Alan Marshal

Directed by Alfred L. Werker → • Production: 20th Century Studios

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 American mystery adventure film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Although claiming to be an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, the film bears little resemblance to the play.

Runtime

82 minutes

Aspect Ratio

4:3 Academy (Pillarbox)

Archival Copies

1 Vault Holding(s)

Classification

1929–1963 Unrenewed

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⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance

First published in 1939. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1929 and 1963 required mandatory formal copyright registration renewal during their 28th year. Official United States Copyright Office Catalog of Copyright Entries records show zero renewal registration was filed, placing this work permanently in the Public Domain.