# The Scarecrow (1972)

"The Scarecrow" is a two-hour American television play that was broadcast on January 10, 1972, as part of the Hollywood Television Theatre series on PBS. It was based on the classic Percy MacKaye play which was in turn based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "Feathertop".

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1972
- Runtime: 1 h 44 min
- By: Boris Sagal
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Scarecrow_(1972).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Made from: The Scarecrow, Percy MacKaye's play: not shown to be free in the United States, as when it was first published is not known, and its authors did not all die more than 95 years ago.
- Credit: Boris Sagal
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered here: it is made from The Scarecrow, Percy MacKaye's play, and whether that work is free here is not settled: when it was first published is not known, and its authors did not all die more than 95 years ago. Showing the film shows the work's expression in it (Stewart v. Abend, 495 U.S. 207, 223 (1990)), so it is held here while the work is protected; unclear is not offered.