| The Cohens and Kellys | |
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| Directed by | Harry A. Pollard |
| Written by | Alfred A. Cohn Aaron Hoffman (play Two Blocks Away) Harry A. Pollard |
| Produced by | E.M. Asher Edward Small |
| Starring | Charles Murray George Sidney Kate Price Jason Robards Sr. |
| Cinematography | Charles Stumar |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 80 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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The Cohens and Kellys is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Charles Murray, George Sidney, Kate Price, and Jason Robards Sr. The film is the first of the Cohens and Kellys film serials. The film is perhaps best known today as the subject of Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp.,[1] a copyright infringement case, in which Judge Learned Hand articulated the doctrine that copyright protection does not cover the characteristics of stock characters in a story.[2]
- ^ Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., 45 F.2d 119 (2d Cir. 1930).
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Cohens and the Kellys at the silentera.com