# 2026 in public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2026. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

## Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. 2026 marks the first year since 2006 that works will enter the public domain in Australia, which changed its copyright term length from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law in 2004. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| James Agee | United States | 27 November 1909 | 16 May 1955 | Novelist, Journalist, Poet, Screenwriter | A Death in the Family |
| Silvio D'Amico | Italy | 3 February 1887 | 1 April 1955 | Theatre theorist | |
| Ruby M. Ayres | United Kingdom | 28 January 1881 | 14 November 1955 | Romance novelist | Bibliography |
| Johannes Baader | Germany | 21 June 1875 | 14 January 1955 | Writer, Artist, Architect | |
| Lloyd Bacon | United States | 4 December 1889 | 15 November 1955 | Actor, Film director | Filmography as director |
| Guido Battelli [de] | Italy | 24 September 1869 | 13 April 1955 | Writer | Works |
| Dale Carnegie | United States | 24 November 1888 | 1 November 1955 | Writer | How to Win Friends and Influence People |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | France | 1 May 1881 | 10 April 1955 | Jesuit priest, Scientist, Paleontologist, Theologian, Philosopher | The Phenomenon of Man |
| Eugenio Cirese [it] | Italy | 21 February 1884 | 8 February 1955 | Poet | Works |
| Paul Claudel | France | 6 August 1868 | 23 February 1955 | Poet, Dramatist | Works |
| Donald Corley | United States | 8 June 1886 | 11 December 1955 | Short story author, illustrator, architect | |
| Alfredo Cuscinà [it] | Italy | 30 November 1881 | 30 March 1955 | Composer | Main operettas |
| William C. deMille | United States | 25 July 1878 | 5 March 1955 | Screenwriter, Film director | Filmography |
| Isaak Dunayevsky | Russia | 30 January 1900 | 25 July 1955 | Composer | Compositions |
| Albert Einstein | Germany United States | 14 March 1879 | 18 April 1955 | Theoretical physicist | Scientific publications, The Evolution of Physics, The Meaning of Relativity |
| George Enescu | Romania | 19 August 1881 | 4 May 1955 | Composer | Compositions |
| Concha Espina | Spain | 15 April 1879 | 19 May 1955 | Writer | Bibliography |
| Émile Fabre | France | 24 March 1869 | 25 September 1955 | Playwright | Plays |
| Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | United Kingdom | 4 June 1883 | 6 June 1955 | Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter | Works |
| Alexander Fleming | United Kingdom | 6 August 1881 | 11 March 1955 | Physician | |
| José Ortega y Gasset | Spain | 9 May 1883 | 18 October 1955 | Philosopher, Essayist | Works |
| Rodolfo Graziani | Italy | 11 August 1882 | 11 January 1955 | General | Books |
| Arthur Honegger | Switzerland | 10 March 1892 | 27 November 1955 | Composer | Compositions |
| Clemence Housman | United Kingdom | 23 November 1861 | 6 December 1955 | Author | |
| María Izquierdo | Mexico | 30 October 1902 | 2 December 1955 | Painter | |
| Jaime Ovalle | Brazil | 5 August 1894 | 9 September 1955 | Composer | Works |
| James P. Johnson | United States | 1 February 1894 | 17 November 1955 | Composer, pianist | Charleston |
| Fernand Léger | France | 4 February 1881 | 17 August 1955 | Painter, Sculptor, Filmmaker | |
| Thomas Mann | Germany | 6 June 1875 | 12 August 1955 | Writer, Philanthropist, Essayist | Works |
| Francesco Balilla Pratella | Italy | 1 February 1880 | 17 May 1955 | Composer | Selected Works |
| Max Pechstein | Germany | 31 December 1881 | 29 June 1955 | Painter | |
| Robert Riskin | United States | 30 March 1897 | 20 September 1955 | Screenwriter, Playwright | Filmography |
| Nat Schachner | United States | 16 January 1895 | 2 October 1955 | Author and biographer | Space Lawyer |
| Robert E. Sherwood | United States | 4 April 1896 | 14 November 1955 | Screenwriter, Playwright | |
| Nicolas de Staël | France | 5 January 1914 | 16 March 1955 | Painter | |
| Al. T. Stamatiad | Romania | 9 May 1885 | December 1955 | Poet, Short story writer, Dramatist | |
| Wallace Stevens | United States | 2 October 1879 | 2 August 1955 | Poet | The Auroras of Autumn |
| Yves Tanguy | France | 5 January 1900 | 15 January 1955 | Painter | Paintings |
| Yevgeny Tarle | Russia | 27 October 1874 | 6 January 1955 | Historian | Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, 1812 |
| Tin Ujević | Croatia | 5 July 1891 | 12 November 1955 | Poet | Works |
| Maurice Utrillo | France | 26 December 1883 | 5 November 1955 | Painter | |
| Anwar Wagdi | Egypt | 11 October 1904 | 14 May 1955 | Director | The Flirtation of Girls |
| Léon Werth | France | 17 February 1878 | 13 December 1955 | Writer | Books |
| Hermann Weyl | Germany | 9 November 1885 | 8 December 1955 | Mathematician, Theoretical physicist, Philosopher | Bibliography |

## Entering the public domain in countries with life + 80 years

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| Achmed Abdullah | United States | 12 May 1881 | 12 May 1945 | Pulp writer and screenwriter | |
| Nikola Avramov | Bulgaria | 21 May 1897 | 15 June 1945 | Still life paintings | |
| Milena Pavlović-Barili | Serbia | 5 November 1909 | 6 March 1945 | Painter, poet | |
| Maurice Baring | United Kingdom | 27 April 1874 | 14 December 1945 | Writer | |
| Béla Bartók | Hungary | 25 March 1881 | 26 September 1945 | Composer | Concerto for Orchestra |
| Robert Benchley | United States | 15 September 1889 | 21 November 1945 | Humorist | newspaper and magazine columns |
| Henry Bellamann | United States | 28 April 1882 | 16 June 1945 | Writer | Kings Row |
| Ursula Bethell | New Zealand | 6 October 1874 | 15 January 1945 | Poet | Collected poetry |
| Vilhelms Bokslafs | Latvia Russian Empire | 12 October 1858 | 9 March 1945 | Architect | Most notable buildings are Jaunmokas Manor near Tukums and Commercial school in Riga (now Art Academy of Latvia) |
| Nicola Bombacci | Italy | 24 October 1879 | 28 April 1945 | Marxist-Fascist journalist | Il mio pensiero sul bolscevismo (1941), I contadini nella Russia di Stalin (1942), I contadini nell'Italia di Mussolini (1943) |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Germany | 4 February 1906 | 9 April 1945 | Theologian |
| Robert Brasillach | France | 31 March 1909 | 6 February 1945 | Writer | Je suis partout |
| Miles J. Breuer | United States | 3 January 1889 | 14 October 1945 | Writer | "The Gostak and the Doshes" (1930) and other science fiction stories |
| Fritz Brupbacher | Switzerland | 30 June 1874 | 1 January 1945 | Writer | Der Sinn des Lebens |
| Thomas Burke | United Kingdom | 29 November 1886 | 22 November 1945 | Writer | Limehouse Nights |
| Alexander Stirling Calder | United States | 11 January 1870 | 7 January 1945 | Sculptor | George Washington as President |
| David Young Cameron | United Kingdom | 28 June 1865 | 16 September 1945 | Artist | |
| Franklin Carmichael | Canada | 5 May 1890 | 24 October 1945 | Artist | |
| Benjamin De Casseres | United States | 3 April 1873 | 7 December 1945 | Journalist, poet | The Shadow-Eater |
| Anica Černej | Slovenia | 3 April 1900 | 3 May 1945 | Author, poet | |
| John R. Commons | United States | 13 October 1862 | 11 May 1945 | Economist | Institutional Economics |
| Margaret Deland | United States | 23 February 1856 | 13 January 1945 | Writer | John Ward, Preacher |
| Mário de Andrade | Brazil | 9 October 1893 | 25 February 1945 | Writer | Macunaíma |
| Robert Desnos | France | 4 July 1900 | 8 June 1945 | Poet | |
| Maurice Donnay | France | 12 October 1859 | 31 March 1945 | Dramatist | |
| Lord Alfred Douglas | United Kingdom | 12 June 1859 | 20 March 1945 | Writer | Two Loves |
| Theodore Dreiser | United States | 27 August 1871 | 28 December 1945 | Writer, journalist | Sister Carrie, An American Tragedy |
| E. R. Eddison | United Kingdom | 24 November 1882 | 18 August 1945 | Writer | The Worm Ouroboros |
| Gus Edwards | United States | 18 August 1879 | 7 November 1945 | Songwriter | "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "In My Merry Oldsmobile" |
| Eleanor Fortescue-Brigdale | United Kingdom | 1871 | 10 March 1945 | Artist | The Uninvited Guest, Riches |
| Anne Frank | Germany | 12 June 1929 | February 1945 | Diarist | The Diary of a Young Girl |
| Øvre Richter Frich | Norway | 24 March 1872 | 13 May 1945 | Writer, journalist | |
| David Lloyd George | United Kingdom | 17 January 1863 | 26 March 1945 | Politician | The Truth About The Peace Treaty, War Memoirs |
| Zinaida Gippius | Russia | 20 November 1869 | 9 September 1945 | Writer, poet | |
| Joseph Goebbels | Germany | 29 October 1897 | 1 May 1945 | Politician | Goebbels Diaries |
| Adolf Hitler | Germany | 20 April 1889 | 30 April 1945 | Politician, Dictator of Nazi Germany | Mein Kampf, Zweites Buch |
| Suphi Nuri İleri | Turkey | 1887 | 1945 | Writer | |
| Ljubomir Ivanović | Serbia | 24 February 1882 | 23 November 1945 | Printmaker, draughtsman | |
| Malcolm Jameson | United States | 21 December 1891 | 16 April 1945 | Writer | Writer for American pulp magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fiction |
| Joseph Jastrow | United States | 30 January 1863 | 8 January 1945 | Psychologist | |
| Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski | Poland | 24 February 1885 | 8 August 1945 | Writer, journalist | |
| Osman Cemal Kaygılı | Turkey | 4 October 1879 | 9 January 1945 | Writer | |
| Carl Wilhelm Kern | United States | 4 June 1874 | 19 August 1945 | Composer | |
| Käthe Kollwitz | Germany | 8 July 1867 | 22 April 1945 | Artist | The Prisoners |
| Julius Korngold | Austria | 24 December 1860 | 25 September 1945 | Music critic | |
| Jaroslav Kratochvil [cs] | Czech Republic | 17 January 1885 | 20 March 1945 | Writer | |
| René Lalique | France | 6 April 1860 | 1 May 1945 | Glass designer | |
| Else Lasker-Schüler | Germany | 11 February 1869 | 22 January 1945 | Writer | poetry and plays |
| James Leatham | United Kingdom | 19 December 1865 | 14 December 1945 | Writer, printer, publisher | |
| Jonas Lie | Norway | 31 December 1899 | 11 May 1945 | Writer, minister | |
| David Lindsay | United Kingdom | 3 March 1876 | 16 July 1945 | Writer | A Voyage to Arcturus |
| August Lösch | Germany | 15 October 1906 | 30 May 1945 | Economist | Die räumliche Ordnung der Wirtschaft |
| Eoin MacNeill | Ireland | 15 May 1867 | 15 October 1945 | Writer | Phases of Irish History |
| Tobias Matthay | United Kingdom | 19 February 1858 | 15 December 1945 | Teacher, pianist, composer | writings on piano playing |
| Arthur Mendel [ro] | Romania | 1872 | 1945 | Painter | |
| Régis Messac | France | 2 August 1893 | 1945 | Writer, poet, translator | |
| James V. Monaco | United States | 13 January 1885 | 16 October 1945 | Songwriter | "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" |
| Arthur Morrison | United Kingdom | 1 November 1863 | 4 December 1945 | Writer | A Child of the Jago |
| Benito Mussolini | Italy | 29 July 1883 | 28 April 1945 | Politician | My Autobiography |
| Moritz Nähr | Austria | 4 August 1859 | 29 June 1945 | Photographer | |
| Alla Nazimova | United States | 3 June 1879 | 13 July 1945 | Writer, actor | |
| Dobri Nemirov [bg] | Bulgaria | 3 February 1882 | 30 September 1945 | Writer | When I was young |
| Otto Neurath | Austria | 10 December 1882 | 22 December 1945 | Writer | Anti-Spengler |
| Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen | Denmark | 21 June 1863 | 21 February 1945 | Sculptor | Equestrian Statue of King Christian IX, Copenhagen |
| Charles Gilman Norris | United States | 23 April 1881 | 25 July 1945 | Writer, playwright | Salt (1919) |
| George S. Patton | United States | 11 November 1885 | 21 December 1945 | General | War As I Knew it |
| Harry Pease [de] | United States | 6 September 1886 | 8 November 1944 | Songwriter | |
| Calel Perechodnik | Poland | 8 September 1916 | September 1945 | Diarist | |
| Ion Pillat | Romania | 31 March 1891 | 17 April 1945 | Poet | Pe Argeș în sus, Poeme într-un vers |
| Karel Poláček | Czech Republic | 22 March 1892 | 21 January 1945 | Writer | |
| Vilhelms Purvītis | Latvia Russian Empire | 3 March 1872 | 14 January 1945 | Landscape painter and educator | |
| Ernö Rapée | United States | 4 June 1891 | 26 June 1945 | Composer | silent film music |
| Edward Prosser Rhys | United Kingdom | 4 March 1901 | 6 February 1945 | Writer | Cerddi Prosser Rhys |
| Albert Richards | United Kingdom | 19 December 1919 | 5 March 1945 | Artist | Artwork produced during the Second World War about the British war effort |
| Alexander Roda Roda | Austria | 13 April 1872 | 20 August 1945 | Writer | |
| Hando Ruus | Estonia | 16 May 1917 | 31 March 1945 | Military captain, artist | |
| Felix Salten | Austria | 6 September 1869 | 8 October 1945 | Writer | Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde |
| Alexander Siloti | Ukraine | 9 October 1863 | 8 December 1945 | Pianist, composer | |
| Kārlis Skalbe | Latvia Russian Empire | 7 November 1879 | 14 April 1945 | Writer, poet, and activist | |
| Paul Smărăndescu [ro] | Romania | 26 June 1881 | 12 January 1945 | Architect | |
| Antal Szerb | Hungary | 1 May 1901 | 27 January 1945 | Writer | The Pendragon Legend |
| Ong Schan Tchow | China | 19 September 1900 | 20 December 1945 | Artist | Book of Chrysanthemums |
| Nikolai Tcherepnin | Russia | 15 May 1873 | 26 June 1945 | Composer | |
| Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy | Russia | 15 May 1873 | 26 June 1945 | Writer | Aelita, The Garin Death Ray, The Road to Calvary |
| Teodor Trayanov [bg] | Bulgaria | 30 January 1882 | 15 January 1945 | Poet | Song of songs, Regina Mortua, Hymns and Ballads |
| Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil | Turkey | 1866 | 27 March 1945 | Writer | |
| Anton Webern | Austria | 3 December 1883 | 15 September 1945 | Composer | |
| Franz Werfel | Austria | 10 September 1890 | 26 August 1945 | Writer | The Song of Bernadette |
| Charles Williams | United Kingdom | 20 September 1886 | 15 May 1945 | Writer | Descent into Hell |
| Yun Dong-ju | Korea | 30 December 1917 | 16 February 1945 | Poet | The Sky, the Wind, the Stars, and the Poem (하늘과 바람과 별과 시) |
| Ignacio Zuloaga | Spain | 26 July 1870 | 24 June 1945 | Painter | |

## Entering the public domain in countries with life + 60 years

In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| Ahn Eak-tai | South Korea | 5 December 1906 | 16 September 1965 | Composer | Aegukga, Symphonic Fantasy Korea |
| T. S. Eliot | United Kingdom, United States | 26 September 1888 | 4 January 1965 | Poet, Essayist, Playwright | Works |
| Park Su-geun | South Korea | 21 February 1914 | 6 May 1965 | Painter | A Wash Place (빨래터) |
| Syngman Rhee | South Korea | 26 March 1875 | 19 July 1965 | President of South Korea | The Spirit of Independence (독립정신) |
| Yoon Yong-ha [ko] | South Korea | 16 March 1922 | 23 July 1965 | Composer | Barley Field (보리밭), Gwangbokjeol song (광복절 노래) |

## Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay; a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.
| Names | Country | Birth | Death | Occupation | Notable work |
| John Akar | Sierra Leone | 1927 | 1975 | Entertainer, writer, diplomat | High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free |
| Leroy Anderson | United States | 29 June 1908 | 18 May 1975 | Composer | Sleigh Ride, Blue Tango, The Typewriter, The Syncopated Clock |
| Ivo Andrić | Yugoslavia | 9 October 1892 | 13 March 1975 | Writer, Poet | The Bridge on the Drina |
| Pablo Antonio | Philippines | 25 January 1901 | 14 June 1975 | Architect | Ideal Theater, Life Theater, White Cross Orphanage, Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building |
| Hannah Arendt | Germany United States | 14 October 1906 | 4 December 1975 | Writer, Political philosopher | The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem |
| Mikhail Bakhtin | Russia | 16 November 1895 | 7 March 1975 | Philosopher | Works |
| Thomas Hart Benton | United States | 15 April 1889 | 19 January 1975 | Painter | |
| James Blish | United States | 23 May 1921 | 30 July 1975 | Writer | Cities in Flight, Star Trek novelizations |
| Arthur Bliss | United Kingdom | 2 August 1891 | 27 March 1975 | Composer | Compositions |
| Tim Buckley | United States | 14 February 1947 | 29 June 1975 | Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter | Discography |
| Luigi Dallapiccola | Italy | 3 February 1904 | 19 February 1975 | Composer | Compositions |
| Lefty Frizzell | United States | 31 March 1928 | 19 July 1975 | Singer, Songwriter | Discography |
| Konstantine Gamsakhurdia | Georgia | 3 May 1893 | 17 July 1975 | Writer | The Right Hand of the Grand Master |
| Bernard Herrmann | United States | 29 July 1911 | 24 December 1975 | Composer | Film scores |
| Edna Mayne Hull | Canada | 1 May 1905 | 20 January 1975 | SF author | Planets for Sale |
| Julian Huxley | United Kingdom | 22 June 1887 | 14 February 1975 | Evolutionary biologist | Works |
| Chiang Kai-shek | Taiwan | 31 October 1887 | 5 April 1975 | President of the Republic of China | China's Destiny (中国之命运) |
| Rowland V. Lee | United States | 6 September 1891 | 21 December 1975 | Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer | |
| Murray Leinster | United States | 16 June 1896 | 8 June 1975 | Writer | Bibliography |
| Herbert List | Germany | 7 October 1903 | 4 April 1975 | Photographer | Collection at Deutsche Fotothek |
| Donal R. Michalsky [nl] | United States | 13 July 1928 | 31 December 1975 | Composer | Fanfare after 17th Century Dances |
| Elijah Muhammad | United States | 7 October 1897 | 25 February 1975 | Leader of the Nation of Islam | Message to the Blackman in America |
| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Bangladesh | 17 March 1920 | 15 August 1975 | Politician | Books |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | India | 5 September 1888 | 17 April 1975 | Philosopher, President of India | The Dhammapada, The Principal Upanishads |
| Alfred Hamish Reed | New Zealand | 30 December 1875 | 15 January 1975 | Writer, publisher | The Gumdiggers: The Story of Kauri Gum |
| Maria Elizabeth Rothmann | South Africa | 28 August 1875 | 7 September 1975 | Author | Kinders van die Voortrek |
| Nora Sanderson | New Zealand | 14 February 1905 | 2 March 1975 | Romance writer | Hospital in New Zealand |
| Rod Serling | United States | 25 December 1924 | 28 June 1975 | Screenwriter, Playwright, Television producer | The Twilight Zone |
| R. C. Sherriff | United Kingdom | 6 June 1896 | 13 November 1975 | Playwright, writer | Journey's End, The Hopkins Manuscript |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Russia | 25 September 1906 | 9 August 1975 | Composer | Compositions |
| Noble Sissle | United States | 10 July 1889 | 17 December 1975 | Jazz composer, Lyricist | Shuffle Along, I'm Just Wild About Harry |
| Christopher Strachey | United Kingdom | 16 November 1916 | 18 May 1975 | Computer scientist | CPL, Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages |
| Bill Sutch | New Zealand | 27 June 1907 | 28 September 1975 | Economist | Poverty and Progress in New Zealand, The Quest for Security in New Zealand |
| Arnold J. Toynbee | United Kingdom | 14 April 1889 | 22 October 1975 | Historian | A Study of History |
| Thornton Wilder | United States | 17 April 1897 | 7 December 1975 | Playwright, Novelist | The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town |
| P. G. Wodehouse | United Kingdom | 15 October 1881 | 7 December 1975 | Playwright, Novelist | Bibliography |
| Fritz Wotruba | Austria | 23 April 1907 | 28 August 1975 | Sculptor | Wotruba Church |
| Giselda Zani | Uruguay | 1909 | 1975 | Poet, short story writer, critic | La costa despierta |

## Canada

In 2022 copyright in Canada changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with the United States and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some (British and possibly other) authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944). No more new Canadian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2043 (those who died in 1972). Crown copyright was not changed, thus any government works published in 1974 entered the public domain in 2025.

## United States

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1930, films released in 1930, and other works published in 1930, will enter the public domain in 2026. Sound recordings that were published in 1925 will enter the public domain.
Unpublished works whose authors died in 1955 will enter the public domain.
Among the literary works that will enter public domain in 2026 are Dashiell Hammett's detective novel The Maltese Falcon, Agatha Christie's Miss Marple-novel The Murder at the Vicarage, William Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying, H. Rider Haggard's final work Belshazzar, Noël Coward's play Private Lives, Milt Gross's graphic novel He Done Her Wrong, Bertold Brecht's play The Decision in its original German, the first appearance of Herge's Tintin in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in its original French, the first English translation of Franz Kafka's The Castle, the first Elson-Gray Readers books featuring Dick and Jane by William S. Gray, the first English translation of Hermann Sudermann's The Excursion to Tilsit and Carolyn Keene's The Secret of the Old Clock and the character Nancy Drew (although only the original 1930 text).
Significant films entering the public domain this year include All Quiet on the Western Front, Greta Garbo's first sound film Anna Christie, Bing Crosby's film debut King of Jazz, Jean Harlow's film debut Hell's Angels, John Wayne's film debut in The Big Trail, Animal Crackers starring the Marx Brothers, Soup to Nuts featuring an early iteration of The Three Stooges, George Cukor's directorial debut Grumpy, Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel and Morocco, both starring Marlene Dietrich (the first of eight films they made together), The Unholy Three, starring Lon Chaney in his only speaking role, the Alfred Hitchcock films Juno and the Paycock and Murder!, F.W. Murnau's City Girl, the John Ford films Men Without Women, Born Reckless, Seas Beneath and Up the River, G.W. Pabst's Westfront 1918, Robert Siodmak's directorial debut People on Sunday, Jean Vigo's directorial debut À propos de Nice, Luis Buñuel's The Golden Age, the first Italian sound film The Sound of Love, the first Polish sound film Niebezpieczny romans, the first Czech sound film Tonka of the Gallows, the first Argentinian sound film Goodbye Argentina and the oldest surviving television broadcast The Man with the Flower in His Mouth. The earliest Betty Boop and Bimbo works will enter into the public domain, including Dizzy Dishes. The design of the Disney character Pluto also enters the public domain through his debut appearance in The Chain Gang (where he was unnamed), and his second appearance as "Rover" (owned by Minnie Mouse) in The Picnic; as does Clarabelle Cow through her first named appearance in The Shindig. Another Ub Iwerks cartoon creation, Flip the Frog, will also enter the public domain.
The first comic appearances of Hergé's Quick & Flupke and Chic Young's Blondie will also enter the public domain.
Some of the better-known works of art entering the public domain are Piet Mondrian's Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Ansel Adams' photobook Taos Pueblo with writing by Mary Hunter Austin, Martin Munkácsi's photograph Three Boys at Lake Tanganyika, Edward Weston's photograph Pepper No. 30, early prints of M.C. Escher (The Bridge and Castrovalva), and the first designs of the Brno chair and the Tugendhat chair.
Among the better-known songs that will be entering the public domain are "Georgia on My Mind", "Just a Gigolo" and "I Got Rhythm".