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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 2030. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.
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editSince Donald Duck debuted in 1934 in the Silly Symphony cartoon The Wise Little Hen, he will be public domain in 2030.
The most famous feature films of 1934 entering the public domain in 2030 are Frank Capra's Best Picture Academy Award-winner It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, which is known for its famous hitchhiking scene, and the Laurel and Hardy adaptation of Babes in Toyland, which is also known under its alternative title March of the Wooden Soldiers.
Other notable films entering the public domain in 2030 include Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra, W. S. Van Dyke's The Thin Man and Forsaking All Others, the musical film Stand Up and Cheer! which marked the breakthrough of child actress Shirley Temple, Little Miss Marker, Victor Fleming's adaptation of Treasure Island, Mark Sandrich's The Gay Divorcee starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, John Ford's Judge Priest starring Will Rogers, Lloyd Bacon's Here Comes the Navy and Raymond Bernard's adaptation of Les Miserables.