Yesteryears: A Reminiscence of Over Two Decades

★★★ · Buying PIRATED 16mm Movies is STEALING! · Spuzz · 2012-07-20

This is a interesting reel, maybe made in the 30's or 40's? which is essentially equal to a fly-by-night dvd company grabbing a PD film, then presenting it to the public for like 2-5 bucks at a Wal-Mart. Here, they've taken an early Mary Pickford film, chopped off it's titles and the fact that's it's Mary Pickford (just "A star in their infancy") and probably made a buck or 2 off of it. If this is the case, I'd be interested in the PD practices of the day, whether this WAS PD, whether this was legal or not, because while the film itself is not particularily interesting (somewhat boring…