It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins, law professor and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain.

Dracula is a figure that is known by virtually all and can be credited in large part to this 1931 classic. Bela Lugosi who plays Count Dracula is horrifyingly creepy and finding a better Dracula would ...

Mel Brooks is arguably one of the most iconic spoof movie directors of all time, with films like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein still serving as comedic touchstones decades later. The same ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. In 1931, an unassuming house at 4600 Columbus Avenue South in Minneapolis was the ...