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PD status

This film is claiming PD status from this source which also states "but remember the underlying works may still be copyrighted". The movie is based on the 1935 book 1101 Park Avenue by Eric S. Hatch. The book was retitled My Man Godfry with the film's release. The copyright was renewed in 1963. Therefore the book the film is based on is still in copyright. This is an example of a "Multilayered Work", as described at the Stanford Public Domain Troublespots. And according to this: "Films are often based on books, plays, or other works that may maintain copyright. If the pre-existing work is protected, than rightly or wrongly, it has generally been determined that the derived film is also protected." As such the claim of PD needs to be clarified since it would probably not hold up in court should the rights holder (Eric Hatch estate) ever challenge it. -- GreenC 16:01, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Similar plots

Having just watched Brian Aherne in "Merrily We Live" also portraying a middle or upperclass man cast in the role of a servant, but whose obvious class background is unnoticed by the screwy family. Both are comedies with a social twist. Perhaps in the 1930s depression this rang bells for the audience. And in both cases the daughters of the family compete over the affections of the man. In both cases, a daughter pretends to faint (unconvincingly) and then is drenched with water; one fully clothed in the shower, the other soaked outside with a pail of water from the well. In both cases, they treat it as a kind of lovemaking. 77.100.178.145 (talk) 13:28, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]