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Statutory US Public Domain
1928 Feature
While the City Sleeps
Directed by Jack Conway → • Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Lon Chaney stars without heavy prosthetic makeup as veteran, street-smart New York plainclothes detective Dan Coghlan, who wages war against ruthless 1920s gangster 'Mile-Away' Skeeter Carlson (Wheeler Oakman) while secretly protecting young flapper Myrtle Sullivan (Anita Page).
Runtime
66 minutes
Aspect Ratio
179:135
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Classification
Pre-1929 Statutory
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⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance
First published in 1928 (prior to January 1, 1929). Under United States copyright statute (17 U.S.C. § 304(b)), copyright protection has conclusively expired by operation of law. This motion picture has permanently entered the US Public Domain and is free from copyright restriction.