a propos the Lord Dunsany thing - I just wait for 2027 no big thing, the big thing for me is when I think I know something is public domain spend some time to start on it and realize no wait - maybe it isn't. For example I was sure Dunsany was public, I saw he was I started and then I happened to come across a notice that it might not be. I was surprised - I thought he died in the 1940s.

In the context of reusing parts of movies it is difficult to figure out if it is in PD or not because the +70 years applies to major creators - is that director, producer, major actor?

I have a great use for Beat The Devil - that's in public domain in U.S because copyright not renewed - but not sure if that is really the case in European countries. Everything I do to research suggests it is - but... it's too much of a mess to realistically be absolutely certain. Probably is because surely the copyright must have been owned by United Artists so 70 years from 2023 at worst - maybe... but I mean John Huston died in 1987, in some places it was released in 1955 - so if 70 years from public release that's 2025? If 70 years from Huston's death forget about it.