Statutory US Public Domain
1923 Feature
Oranges and Lemons
Directed by George Jeske → • Production: Independent Studio
Oranges and Lemons is a 1923 American one-reel silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. He plays an incompetent employee of a fruit orchard who only manages to keep his job because his fellow workers are even more inept, including the lovely packer (Grant) who flirts with him. As is typical of his films in this era, his character is far more aggressive and physical than the more familiar meek personality he adopted when he later teamed with Oliver Hardy.
Runtime
17 minutes
Aspect Ratio
172:135
Archival Copies
1 Vault Holding(s)
Classification
Pre-1929 Statutory
The Video Boneyard Vault Holdings
Archival Master Preserved in Studio Vaults
This title is cataloged and preserved across physical storage drives D: & E: in The Video Boneyard archival collection (1 vault master holding). A broadcast-grade restoration with dynamic loudness normalization is scheduled for streaming release on our YouTube channel.
⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance
First published in 1923 (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.