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Most films are subject to copyright, but those listed here are believed to be in the public domain in the United States. This means that no government, organization, or individual owns any copyright over the work, and as such it is common property.^[1] This list is not comprehensive; the vast majority of public domain films are not included here for various reasons. Films in this list may incorporate elements from other works that are still under copyright, even though the film itself is out of copyright.

Copyrightable elements of a film

There is no official list of films (or other works) in the public domain. It is difficult to determine the public domain status of a film because it can incorporate any or all of the following copyrightable elements:

Cinematography
Drama
Literature
Music
Art
Graphical characters (e.g., Bugs Bunny)^[2]
Fictional characters (e.g., James Bond)^[3]

Film copyright involves the copyright status of multiple elements that make up the film.^[4] A film can lose its copyright in some of those elements while retaining copyright in other elements.^[4] Experts in the field of public domain sometimes differ in their opinions as to whether a particular film is in the public domain.

The use of music in a film can cause uncertainty with regard to copyright. As of 2010, it is not known whether the use of music in a film constitutes publication of the music for the purpose of copyright.^[5] Unpublished works are treated differently from published works under US copyright law.^[6]

Judicial interpretation of public domain

Judges, too, differ in their interpretation of the laws governing copyright protection. The United States is a "patchwork quilt" of inconsistent copyright rules in different federal judicial districts. The courts of one jurisdiction are not obliged to follow the decisions of another.^[7] The Supreme Court of the United States (which could resolve those inconsistencies) very seldom decides copyright cases, and then only when an important principle is involved.^{[citation needed]}

Documenting public domain status

If a film appears on the list below, there is a high probability it has lost some or all of its United States copyright protection or, in the case of U.S. government films, was never protected by copyright.

There is no single method for determining if a film, or parts of it, is in the public domain. There are several methods that can be used to document a film's public domain status. These include the following:

Determining copyright registration

Motion picture copyright registrations prior to 1978 were published in semi-annual Copyright Catalogs. The Library of Congress also published cumulative Copyright Catalogs of motion picture registrations for the periods

1894–1911
1912–1939^[8]
1940–1949
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989

All are out of print. However, the Film Superlist series is a complete reprint of all registrations in the Copyright Catalogs for 1894 through 1959. There is no cumulative Copyright Catalog for 1970–1977; the Copyright Office published 16 semi-annual Copyright Catalog booklets covering that eight-year period, but all are out of print and extremely rare. All copyright registrations from 1978 onward are online at the Library of Congress website.

Some decades of The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures include copyright registration information for feature films (not shorts) of United States origin. This can include a statement that research failed to disclose copyright registration for a particular film. Copyright registration information is given in the following:

The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures, 1931–1940; ISBN 0-913616-00-1
The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures, 1941–1950; ISBN 0-913616-39-7

The United States copyright website catalogs all the pre-1978 works that have been renewed in 1978 or later.^[9] Several pieces of work have been renewed in the form of collections, thus giving the collection as a whole copyright protection.

Missing or flawed copyright notice

Films published before March 1, 1989 had to contain a valid copyright notice in order to claim copyright. At the bare minimum, the copyright notice had to include the word "copyright" or an acceptable abbreviation (like a circled C), the year of publication (which could not be more than one year ahead of the actual publication), and the name of any entity claiming the copyright.

For example, note the case of the animated TV series The New 3 Stooges, pictured. Episodes of the series were published with an incomplete copyright notice with a year and copyright symbol but no claimant. The series was published prior to 1989, and the lack of an explicit claimant ensured that the series immediately lapsed into the public domain. Had the series been published after this date, its copyright may not have been invalidated.

As a result of the passage of the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, a copyright notice is not required for films published on March 1, 1989 or later. An invalid notice or a lack of one would not invalidate the copyright to works published between 1978 and March 1, 1989 as long as a proper notice was added to subsequent copies.^[11]

Date of publication and renewal status

All motion pictures made and exhibited before 1929 are indisputably in the public domain in the United States. This date will move forward one year, every year, meaning that films released in 1929 will enter the public domain in 2025, films from 1930 in 2026, and so on.

Films registered between 1929 and 1963 had to have their copyrights renewed in order for them not to enter the public domain. The semi-annual Copyright Catalog booklets have virtually complete lists of renewals for the films registered 28 years earlier. Those semi-annual booklets all are out of print. However, for 1929 through 1959, the Film Superlist books match copyright renewals with earlier registrations. Copyright registrations and renewals can be found in

As a result of the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, copyrights registered between 1964 and later were automatically renewed.

Before the passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) in 1998, the term of copyright in the U.S. was a maximum of 75 years, with the work entering the public domain on January 1 of the 76th year from creation (so, for example, a film made in 1930 whose copyright was properly registered and renewed would enter the public domain on January 1, 2006). As such, all films released before 1923 would have entered the public domain by January 1, 1998. Although the CTEA added 20 years to the terms of all existing copyrights until 2019, it explicitly refused to revive any copyrights that had expired prior to its passage. On January 1, 2019, the 20-year extension expired and new works began entering the public domain each year thereafter.

Underlying rights

Many of the movies listed below are based on novels, plays, magazine stories or a combination of these sources. In some cases, a film's copyright has lapsed because of non-renewal while the underlying literary or dramatic source is still protected by copyright; for example, the movie His Girl Friday (1940) became a public domain film in 1969 because it was not renewed, but it is based on the 1928 play The Front Page, which is still under copyright until 2024 and thus, as a practical matter, the film cannot be used without permission.^[4]

Work of the United States government

All copyrightable works made by United States government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain from their creation. The status of works made by contractors is dependent on the terms of their contract. Note that this applies only to the federal government, and not to state or local governments, which may or may not claim copyright depending on state laws.^{[citation needed]}

Films

Some films are not listed here in order to keep this list to a manageable size. These include films that were released before 1929 (see Category:Films by year for pre-1929 films) and works of the United States government. Films released under a free license such as Creative Commons are also excluded on the basis they are not technically in the public domain, despite being free to share and use.

Note: This list is not comprehensive; the vast majority of public domain films are not listed here. This list includes a selection of notable films where a reliable secondary source is available that discusses public domain status.

Film title	Release year	Director	Studio / Distributor	Entered the public domain in (year)	Reason for entering the public domain	Note(s)
Abraham Lincoln	1930	D. W. Griffith	United Artists	1958^[12]	Copyright not renewed^[12]
Africa Screams	1949	Charles Barton	United Artists	1977	Copyright not renewed^[13]^[14]
Algiers	1938	John Cromwell	United Artists	1966	Copyright not renewed^[15]
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp	1939	Dave Fleischer	Paramount Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[16]	The third of three Popeye Technicolor two-reel specials
The Amazing Mr. X	1948	Bernard Vorhaus	Eagle-Lion Films	[data missing]	[data missing]^[17]	Also known as The Spiritualist
Angel and the Badman	1947	James Edward Grant	Republic Pictures	1975	Copyright not renewed^[18]
The Animal Kingdom	1932	Edward H. Griffith	RKO Radio Pictures	1960	Copyright not renewed^[15]
At War with the Army	1950	Hal Walker	Paramount Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[19]
Attack of the Giant Leeches	1959	Bernard L. Kowalski	American International Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[20]
The Bat	1959	Crane Wilbur	Allied Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[21]
Beat the Devil	1953	John Huston	United Artists	1980	Copyright not renewed^[22]	The 2016 restoration is not in the public domain
Beau Ideal	1931 (copyright notice: 1930)	Herbert Brenon	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Becky Sharp	1935	Rouben Mamoulian	RKO Radio Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[24]
Behind Office Doors	1931	Melville W. Brown	RKO Radio Pictures	1959	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Bird of Paradise	1932	King Vidor	RKO Radio Pictures	1960	Copyright not renewed^[15]
Blood on the Sun	1945	Frank Lloyd	United Artists	1973	Copyright not renewed^[18]
Blue Steel	1934	Robert N. Bradbury	Lone Star Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing].^[25]
Bowery at Midnight	1942	Wallace Fox	Monogram Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[26]
The Brain That Wouldn't Die	1962 (completed: 1959)	Joseph Green	American International Pictures	1962	Missing copyright notice^[27]	Originally completed in 1959 under the title The Black Door (it was then changed to The Head That Wouldn't Die), it was not released until May 3, 1962, where failure to add the copyright notice resulted in the film entering the public domain.^[27]
Brideless Groom	1947	Edward Bernds	Columbia Pictures	1960s^[28]	Copyright not renewed^[28]	Short film
A Bucket of Blood	1959	Roger Corman	American International Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[29]
Captain Kidd	1945	Rowland V. Lee	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[30]
Carnival of Souls	1962	Herk Harvey	Herts-Lion International Corp.	1962	Missing copyright notice^[31]	There was a dispute about the rights to the film from 1990 to 1995. ^[32] The entirety of the film rights might have been granted to John Clifford in 1996.^[33] The DVD release of the film by The Criterion Collection lists copyright by Harold Harvey and John Clifford.
Charade	1963	Stanley Donen	Universal Pictures	1963	Defective copyright notice^[34]	Original music still in copyright^[35] Original story by Peter Stone still in copyright^[34]^[36]
Check and Double Check	1930	Melville W. Brown	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[37]
Conspiracy	1930	Christy Cabanne	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Cyrano de Bergerac	1950	Michael Gordon	United Artists	1980s	[data missing]^[38]^[39]
The Dance of Life	1929	John Cromwell	Paramount Pictures	1957	Copyright not renewed^[15]
Danger Lights	1930	George B. Seitz	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
The Deadly Companions	1961	Sam Peckinpah	Pathé-America	1961	Missing copyright notice^[40]
Debbie Does Dallas	1978	Jim Clark	VCX	1981	Missing copyright notice^[41]	The Dallas Cowboys hold veto power on commercial publication due to unauthorized use of their cheerleaders' trademarks.^[42]
Dementia 13	1963	Francis Ford Coppola	American International Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[20]	Also known as The Haunted and the Hunted
Detour	1945	Edgar G. Ulmer	Producers Releasing Corporation	[data missing]	Copyright not renewed^[43]
The Devil Bat	1940	Jean Yarbrough	Producers Releasing Corporation	[data missing]	[data missing]^[26]
Disorder in the Court	1936	Preston Black	Columbia Pictures	1960s^[28]	Copyright not renewed^[28]	Short film
Dixiana	1930	Luther Reed	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[37]
D.O.A.	1949	Rudolph Maté	United Artists	1977	Copyright not renewed^[44]
Ella Cinders	1926	Alfred E. Green	First National Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[45]
The Emperor Jones	1933	Dudley Murphy	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[46]
Father's Little Dividend	1951 (copyright notice: 1950)	Vincente Minnelli	MGM	1978	Copyright not renewed^[47]
A Farewell to Arms	1932	Frank Borzage	Paramount Pictures	1960	Copyright not renewed^[48]	Based on the copyrighted (R177406) novel by Ernest Hemingway
Fear and Desire	1953	Stanley Kubrick	Joseph Burstyn	[data missing]	Copyright not renewed^[49]
The Flying Deuces	1939	A. Edward Sutherland	RKO Radio Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[50]
The Front Page	1931	Lewis Milestone	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[51]	Source material (the stage play The Front Page) rights under copyright until 2024^[52]
The General	1926	Clyde Bruckman Buster Keaton	United Artists	1955	Copyright not renewed^[52]
Glen or Glenda	1953	Ed Wood	Columbia Classics	[data missing]	[data missing]^[53]
Go for Broke!	1951 (copyright notice: 1950)	Robert Pirosh	MGM	1978	Copyright not renewed^[47]
God's Little Acre	1958	Anthony Mann	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[54]	The colorized version is not in the public domain^[54]
The Gorilla	1939	Allan Dwan	20th Century Fox	[data missing]	[data missing]^[55]
The Great Flamarion	1945	Anthony Mann	Republic Pictures	[data missing]	Copyright not renewed^[56]
Gulliver's Travels	1939	Dave Fleischer	Paramount Pictures	1967	Copyright not renewed^[57]^[58]
Half Shot at Sunrise	1930	Paul Sloane	RKO Radio Productions	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
His Girl Friday	1940 (copyright date: 1939)	Howard Hawks	Columbia Pictures	1967	Copyright not renewed^[52]	Source material (the stage play The Front Page) rights under copyright until 2024^[52]
The Hitch-Hiker	1953	Ida Lupino	RKO Radio Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[59]
Hook, Line and Sinker	1930	Edward F. Cline	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
House on Haunted Hill	1959	William Castle	Allied Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[60]^[61]
Indestructible Man	1956	Jack Pollexfen	Allied Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[62]
Inside the Lines	1930	Roy Pomeroy	RKO Radio Productions	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
The Inspector General	1949	Henry Koster	Warner Bros.	[data missing]	[data missing]^[63]
It's a Wonderful Life	1946 (copyright notice: 1947)	Frank Capra	Liberty Films RKO Pictures	1975	Copyright not renewed^[64]	While the film images are public domain, under rulings of Stewart v. Abend, the film text (script) is based on the copyrighted short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern.^[64]^[65]^[66] Republic also purchased the exclusive rights to the film's copyrighted music to further shore up its rights.^[67]
The Jackie Robinson Story	1950	Alfred E. Green	Eagle-Lion Films	[data missing]	[data missing]^[68]	Ancillary rights owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Joe Louis Story	1953	Robert Gordon	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[69]
Kansas City Confidential	1952	Phil Karlson	United Artists	[data missing]	Copyright not renewed^[70]
Kept Husbands	1931	Lloyd Bacon	RKO Radio Productions	1959	Copyright not renewed^[23]
The Lady Refuses	1931	George Archainbaud	RKO Radio Productions	1959	Copyright not renewed^[23]
A Lady to Love	1930	Victor Sjöström	MGM	1958	Copyright not renewed^[15]	Based on the play They Knew What They Wanted
The Last Man on Earth	1964	Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow	American International Pictures, 20th Century Fox	1992^[71]	Copyright not renewed^[71]
The Last Time I Saw Paris	1954 (copyright notice: 1944)	Richard Brooks	MGM	1972	Copyright not renewed; Defective copyright notice resulted in earlier expiration^[72]	Music score still protected by copyright^[73]
Lawful Larceny	1930	Lowell Sherman	RKO Radio Productions	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Leathernecking	1930	Edward F. Cline	RKO Radio Productions	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Letter of Introduction	1938	John M. Stahl	Universal Pictures	1966	Copyright not renewed^[74]
Life with Father	1947	Michael Curtiz	Warner Bros.	1975	Copyright not renewed^[75]
The Little Princess	1939	Walter Lang	20th Century Fox	1967	Copyright not renewed^[64]
Little Shop of HorrorsThe Little Shop of Horrors	1960	Roger Corman	Filmgroup	1988	Copyright not renewed^[52]^[76]
Lonely Wives	1931	Russell Mack	RKO Radio Pictures	1959	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Love Affair	1939	Leo McCarey	RKO Radio Pictures	1967	Copyright not renewed^[15]
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy	1945	Willis Goldbeck	MGM	[data missing]	Copyright not renewed^[77]
The Lucky Texan	1934	Robert N. Bradbury	Lone Star Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing].^[25]
Made for Each Other	1939	John Cromwell	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[78]
Malice in the Palace	1949	Jules White	Columbia Pictures	1960s^[28]	Copyright not renewed^[28]	Short film
The Man from Utah	1934	Robert N. Bradbury	Lone Star Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing].^[25]
The Man with the Golden Arm	1955	Otto Preminger	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[79]
Maniac	1934	Dwain Esper	Roadshow Attractions	[data missing]	[data missing]^[80]	Also known as Sex Maniac
Manos: The Hands of Fate	1966	Harold P. Warren	Emerson Film Enterprises	1968	Failure to display copyright notice^[81]	Original script may have been copyrighted^[81]
March of the Wooden Soldiers	1950	Gus Meins	Lippert Pictures	1950	Failure to display copyright notice^[34]	This is a later abridgement of Babes in Toyland (1934), which is still in copyright. Its public domain status remains unclear.^[34]
McLintock!	1963	Andrew V. McLaglen	United Artists	1991	Copyright not renewed^[82]^[83]	Music score still under copyright^[82]
Meet John Doe	1941	Frank Capra	Warner Bros.	1969	Copyright not renewed^[64]
Millie	1931	John Francis Dillon	RKO Radio Pictures	1959	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Mr. Imperium	1951 (copyright notice: 1950)	Don Hartman	MGM	1978	Copyright not renewed^[47]
My Dear Secretary	1948	Charles Martin	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[84]
My Favorite Brunette	1947	Elliott Nugent	Paramount Pictures	1975	Copyright not renewed^[18]
My Man Godfrey	1936	Gregory La Cava	Universal Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[85]	While the film images are public domain, under rulings of Stewart v. Abend, the film text (script) is based on the copyrighted 1935 book My Man Godfrey by Eric S. Hatch.^[86]
Night of the Living Dead	1968	George A. Romero	Walter Reade	1968	Missing copyright notice and errors from the distributor^[87]	The restored version released on home media by The Criterion Collection is under copyright by Image Ten, Inc. ^[88]
Nothing Sacred	1937	William A. Wellman	Selznick, United Artists	1965	Copyright not renewed^[52]
Of Human Bondage	1934	John Cromwell	RKO Radio Pictures	1962	Copyright not renewed^[15]
One-Eyed Jacks	1961 (copyright notice:1960)	Marlon Brando	Pennebaker Productions, Paramount Pictures	1988	Copyright not renewed^[89]^[90]
Our Town	1940	Sam Wood	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[91]
The Outlaw	1943	Howard Hughes	Howard Hughes Prod., United Artists	1971	Copyright not renewed^[23]
The Painted Hills	1951	Harold F. Kress	MGM	1979	Copyright not renewed^[47]
The Pay-Off	1930	Lowell Sherman	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Penny Serenade	1941	George Stevens	Columbia Pictures	1968	Copyright not renewed^[92]
Plan 9 from Outer Space	1959	Ed Wood	Distributors Corporation of America	1987	[data missing]^[93]
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves	1937	Dave Fleischer	Paramount Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[16]	The second of three Popeye Technicolor two-reel specials
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	1936	Dave Fleischer	Paramount Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[16]	The first of three Popeye Technicolor two-reel specials
Pot o' Gold	1941	George Marshall	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[94]
Quicksand	1950	Irving Pichel	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[95]
Rage at Dawn	1955	Tim Whelan	RKO Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[96]
Rain	1932	Lewis Milestone	United Artists	1960	Copyright not renewed^[18]
Randy Rides Alone	1934	Harry L. Fraser	Lone Star Pictures	1934	Copyright notice lacks claimant^[25]
The Red House	1947	Delmer Daves	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[97]
Reefer Madness	1936	Louis J. Gasnier	Motion Picture Ventures	1936	Improper copyright notice^[98]^[99]	Also known as The Burning Question, Dope Addict and Tell Your Children
Riders of Destiny	1933	Robert N. Bradbury	Lone Star Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing].^[25]
Road to Bali	1952	Hal Walker	Paramount Pictures	1980	Copyright not renewed^[100]^[101]	Ancillary rights now owned by FremantleMedia
Rock, Rock, Rock!	1956	Will Price	Distributors Corporation of America	1984	Copyright not renewed^[76]	The Chuck Berry soundtrack of the film may not be in the public domain
The Royal Bed	1931 (copyright notice: 1930)	Lowell Sherman	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Royal Wedding	1951 (copyright notice: 1950)	Stanley Donen	MGM	1978	Copyright not renewed^[47]
Sagebrush Trail	1933	Armand Schaefer	Lone Star Pictures	1933	Copyright notice lacks claimant^[102]	Remake of Partners of the Trail (Wallace Fox, 1931)
Salt of the Earth	1954	Herbert Biberman	Independent Productions	1982^[103]	Copyright not renewed^[103]	Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1992^[103]
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians	1964	Nicholas Webster	Embassy Pictures Corporation	[data missing]	Missing copyright notice^[104]^[105]	Musical score owned by Famous Music
Santa Fe Trail	1940	Michael Curtiz	Warner Bros.	1968	Copyright not renewed^[106]^[107]
Scarlet Street	1945	Fritz Lang	Universal Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing]^[108]^[109]
The Screaming Skull	1958	Alex Nicol	American International Pictures	1958	Not registered for copyright^[110]^[20]
Second Chorus	1940	H.C. Potter	Paramount Pictures	[data missing]	Copyright not renewed^[111]
The Secret Hour	1928	Rowland V. Lee	Paramount Pictures	1956	Copyright not renewed^[15]	Based on the play They Knew What They Wanted
The Silver Horde	1930	George Archainbaud	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Sin Takes a Holiday	1930	Paul L. Stein	RKO Radio Pictures	1958	Copyright not renewed^[23]
Sing a Song of Six Pants	1947	Jules White	Columbia Pictures	1960s^[28]	Copyright not renewed^[28]	Short film
Sinners in Paradise	1938	James Whale	Universal Pictures	1966	Copyright not renewed^[74]
Sita Sings the Blues	2008	Nina Paley	GKIDS	2010	Released into the public domain with a CC0 license^[112]
The Snows of Kilimanjaro	1952	Henry King	20th Century Fox	[data missing]	[data missing]^[113]	Based on the copyrighted novel by Ernest Hemingway
The Southerner	1945	Jean Renoir	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[114]
A Star Is Born	1937	William A. Wellman	Selznick, United Artists	1965	Copyright not renewed^[48]^[52]
The Star Packer	1934	Robert N. Bradbury	Lone Star Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing].^[25]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers	1946	Lewis Milestone	Paramount Pictures	1974	Copyright not renewed^[18]
The Stranger	1946	Orson Welles	International Pictures, RKO Radio Productions	1973	Copyright not renewed^[115]
Suddenly	1954	Lewis Allen	United Artists	1983	Copyright not renewed^[116]
Superman (1940s cartoon series)	1941-1943	Dave Fleischer, various	Paramount Pictures	[data missing]^[117]	[data missing]^[117]	Ancillary rights such as merchandising contract rights, as well as the original 35mm master elements, are currently owned by Warner Bros. through Superman's publisher, DC Comics
Swing High, Swing Low	1937	Mitchell Leisen	Paramount Pictures	1965	Copyright not renewed^[15]
Teenagers from Outer Space	1959	Tom Graeff	Warner Bros.	1987	Copyright not renewed^[52]
The Terror	1963	Roger Corman	American International Pictures, Filmgroup	1963	Missing copyright registration^[118]	In the early 1990s, Corman asked Mark Griffiths to shoot 12 minutes of additional footage starring Dick Miller, thus making a new film titled The Return of the Terror (1991), so Corman could claim his copyright.^[119]
Three Guys Named Mike	1951 (copyright notice: 1950)	Charles Walters	MGM	1978	Copyright not renewed^[47]
Till the Clouds Roll By	1946	Richard Whorf	MGM	1974	Copyright not renewed^[47]
Too Late for Tears	1949	Byron Haskin	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[120]
Topper Returns	1941	Roy Del Ruth	United Artists	1969	Copyright not renewed^[76]
Utopia (a.k.a. Atoll K)	1951	Léo Joannon and John Berry (uncredited)	Franco London Films	1951	No U.S. copyright filed ^[121]
Vengeance Valley	1951 (copyright notice: 1950)	Richard Thorpe	MGM	1978	Copyright not renewed^[47]
The Wasp Woman	1959	Roger Corman	Filmgroup	[data missing]	[data missing]^[122]
West of the Divide	1934	Robert N. Bradbury	Lone Star Pictures	[data missing]	[data missing].^[25]
White Zombie	1932	Victor Halperin	United Artists	[data missing]	[data missing]^[123]	The source material for the film may not be in the public domain^[124]
Wives Under Suspicion	1938	James Whale	Universal Pictures	1966	Copyright not renewed^[74]

Notes

^G Public domain in the U.S. from creation as work of the United States government

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hogan, David (2011). Three Stooges FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Eye-Poking, Face-Slapping, Head-Thumping Geniuses. Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. ISBN 9781557839329.
^ Coffel, Chris (November 24, 2015). "HOME VIDEO[Blu-ray Review] 'A Bucket of Blood' is a Bucket of Fun!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
^ Edgerton, Gary R.; Rollins, Peter C. (2015). Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813158297.page 274
^ Blake, Marc (2013). Writing the Horror Movie. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. p. 91. ISBN 9781441193476.
^ "Papers of Herk Harvey". etext.ku.edu. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
^ "Carnival Of Souls 720p 1962 | Public Domain Movies". publicdomainmovie.net. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pierce (2007), p. 130.
^ Online search results for keywords "Henry Mancini Charade", from US Copyright Office.
^ The original story basis for Charade is The Unsuspecting Wife by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, which appeared in the July 1961 issue of Redbook magazine. The copyright to the story was renewed by Stone in 1989 (see source: David Pierce (2007), Note #20, pg. 141).
^ ^a ^b Pierce (2007), p. 137.
^ Zuckerman, Faye (March 23, 1985). "Prism Into Public Domain: 24 Film Classics Set for Release". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ Marianne Gray (1991). Depardieu. Sinclair-Stevenson, Limited. p. 160. ISBN 9781856190954. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
^ Hal Erickson, "New DVDs, Peckinpah's Deadly Companions and Major Dundee", New York Times
^ M & A Associates v. VCX, 657 F.Supp. 454, conclusions: 27 (United States District Court April 8, 1987) ("Although Arno asked Weisberg for copyright protection of the film in early 1979, Weisberg first became aware of the legal significance of the omission of the copyright notice from the film in January of 1981. Weisberg thus received "notice" of the defect at that latter date. See M. Kramer Mfg. Co. v. Andrews, 783 F.2d 421, 443 & n. 21 (4th Cir. 1986). Weisberg's failure to take reasonable [657 F.Supp. 463] efforts resulted in the film being irretrievably injected into the public domain "several months" later.").
^ Miller, Jeffrey (2002). Ardor in the Court!: Sex and the Law. ECW Press. p. 152. ISBN 1-55022-528-6.
^ Herzogenrath, Bernd (2009). The Films of Edgar G. Ulmer. Scarecrow Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780810867369.
^ Researching the Copyright Status of a Work from Copyright Registration and Renewal Information Chart and Web Site
^ Codori, Jeff (February 28, 2012). Colleen Moore: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-786-48899-5. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
^ Slide, Anthony (2013). Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604572.^{[page needed]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Pierce (2007), pp. 138–139.
^ ^a ^b Pierce (2007), pp. 134–137.
^ Hutchinson, Sean (April 6, 2017). "Fear and Desire: The Movie Stanley Kubrick Didn't Want You to See". Mental Floss. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
^ https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/flying-deuces-bluray-review. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Ladwig, Samantha (September 5, 2017). "30 Hollywood Classics Streaming for Free in the Public Domain". Vulture.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018. ... with the first being the 1931 Lewis Milestone–directed The Front Page, which also fell into the public domain.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Fishman (2010), pp. 174–180.
^ Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst. Hachette Book Group. ISBN 9780446510080.
^ ^a ^b Stim, Richard (2016). Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off. Nolo. ISBN 9781413323139.page 268
^ Brotherton, Jamie; Okuda, Ted (2013). Dorothy Lee: The Life and Films of the Wheeler and Woolsey Girl. McFarland. ISBN 9780786433636.page 152
^ Peros, Mike (2016). Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496809933. The Great Flamarion is among Duryea's more visible efforts because it fell into the public domain when the original copyright lapsed.^{[page needed]}
^ John M. Miller, "Mr. Bug Goes to Town aka Hoppity Goes to Town", Turner Classic Movies
^ David Kehr (March 6, 2009). "Classics From Disney and a Lilliputian Competitor". New York Times. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
^ Ladwig, Samantha (September 9, 2017). "30 classic Hollywood movies you can stream for free". Business Insider. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ Miska, Brad (January 12, 2017). "They're Re-remaking 'House on Haunted Hill'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ "'House on Haunted Hill' screening set in Vacaville". Daily Republic. October 6, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ Nathaniel Thompson, "The Indestructible Man, Cult Movies", Turner Classic Movies
^ Hicks, Chris (June 18, 2004). "Chris Hicks: Kaye movies are hard to find on DVD". Deseret News. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pierce (2007), p. 126.
^ Cox, Stephen. It's a Wonderful Life: A Memory Book. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House, 2003. 115. Print. ISBN 1-58182-337-1. Copyright of the short story, The Greatest Gift, expires after 2038, 95 years after publication.
^ "Renewal Registrations, p. 1614." Catalog of Copyright Entries, January–June 1971, U.S. Copyright Office. Retrieved: November 8, 2010.
^ Nesi, Ted. "Why You Can't Watch It's A Wonderful Life on Demand". WPRI.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
^ Harris, Aisha (April 11, 2013). "When Jackie Robinson Played Himself". Slate. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ Deane, Pamela S. (2009). James Edwards: African American Hollywood Icon. McFarland. ISBN 9780786458165.page 82
^ Kehr, Dave (July 10, 2007). "New DVDs". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Jonathan Malcolm Lampley (2010). Women in the Horror Films of Vincent Price. McFarland. p. 98. ISBN 9780786457496.
^ Copyright Registration and Renewal Information Chart and Web Site
^ Online results from keyword search: "Last Time I Saw Paris Conrad Salinger" in United States Copyright Office. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pierce (2007), p. 138.
^ Hannan, Brian (2016). Coming Back to a Theater Near You: A History of Hollywood Reissues, 1914-2014. McFarland. ISBN 9780786498130.page 272
^ ^a ^b ^c Pierce (2007), p. 128.
^ Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1940-1949), page 222.
^ Erickson, Glenn. "Made for Each Other: Home Video Reviews". Tcm.com. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
^ Kehr, Dave (October 11, 2005). "New DVD's". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
^ Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst. Hachette Book Group. ISBN 9780446510080.
^ ^a ^b THE BATTLE OVER THE WORST MOVIE EVER Archived December 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine playboy.com accessed October 3, 2015
^ ^a ^b "Court Rules for 'Goodtimes' in McLintock! Case", in Billboard, May 14, 1994,pg. 73 & 82
^ Fishman (2010), p. 337.
^ Cady, Brian. "My Dear Secretary (1948): Home Video Reviews". Tcm.com. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
^ Esther Rita Sinofsky (1988). A copyright primer for educational and industrial media producers. Copyright Information Services. p. 29. ISBN 9780914143123. Retrieved January 20, 2016. But remember the underlying works may still be copyrighted
^ "My Man Godfry". Stanford University Copyright Renewal Database. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
^ Night of the Living Dead entered the public domain because the original theatrical distributor, the Walter Reade Organization, neglected to place a copyright indication on the prints. In 1968, United States copyright law required a proper notice for a work to maintain a copyright. See U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 92, Copyright Law of the United States of America, Chapter 4: Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration, Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords. Image Ten displayed such a notice on the title frames of the film beneath its original title, Night of the Flesh Eaters, but the distributor removed the statement when it changed the title. See Boluk, Stephanie; Lenz, Wylie (June 16, 2011). "Introduction: Generation Z, the Age of Apocalypse". In Boluk, Stephanie; Lenz, Wylie (eds.). Generation Zombie: Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture. Jefferson, North Carolina, US: McFarland & Company. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7864-6140-0. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
^ "Night Of The Living Dead (1968) - Criterion Collection'". High-Def Digest. February 26, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
^ Hernandez, Greg (May 4, 2005). "Cheap, cheap deals on old movies and TV shows". SeattlePI. Hearst. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
^ "The Bootleg Files: 'One-Eyed Jacks'". Film Threat. July 9, 2004. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
^ Shales, Tom (May 24, 2003). "Showtime's 'Our Town': Newman's Own". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 4, 2019. Sadly, the movie slipped between the cracks and into the public domain, and there now appear to be no decent prints left in existence.
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^ Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1940-1949), page viii.
^ Eyman, Scott (2014). John Wayne. The Life and Legend. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4391-9958-9.
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-|''[[Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)|Abraham Lincoln]]'' || 1930 || [[D. W. Griffith]] || [[United Artists]] || 1958<ref name=Usai/> || Copyright not renewed<ref name=Usai>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeYmAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Abraham+Lincoln%22+griffith+public+domain+1958 |title=The Griffith Project: Essays on D.W. Griffith |publisher=British Film Institute |author=Paolo Cherchi Usai |year=2008 |page=208 |access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)|Abraham Lincoln]]'' || 1930 || [[D. W. Griffith]] || [[United Artists]] || 1958<ref name=Usai/> || Copyright not renewed<ref name=Usai>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeYmAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Abraham+Lincoln%22+griffith+public+domain+1958 |title=The Griffith Project: Essays on D.W. Griffith |publisher=British Film Institute |author=Paolo Cherchi Usai |year=2008 |page=208 |isbn=9781844572687 |access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Africa Screams]]'' || 1949 || [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles Barton]] || United Artists || 1977 || Copyright not renewed<ref><!-- NOTE: See [[Talk:Africa_Screams#Public Domain]] explaining why this is a reliable source. -->{{cite web |url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/posts/1783420/ |title=8 Abbott & Costello Films Coming! |work=hometheaterforum.com |author=Bob Furmanek |date=February 6, 2004 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190213143914/https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/8-abbott-costello-films-coming-2-10-04.147933/page-4%23post-1783420 |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |title=Africa Screams, Home Video Reviews |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19050/Africa-Screams/home-video-reviews.html |author=John M. Miller}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp]]'' || 1939 || [[Dave Fleischer]] || [[Paramount Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Grandinetti 2004 125"/> || The third of three [[Popeye]] Technicolor two-reel specials
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-|''[[The Amazing Mr. X]]'' || 1948 || [[Bernard Vorhaus]] || [[Eagle-Lion Films]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=VideoHound's independent film guide |url=https://www.amazon.com/Videohounds-Independent-Guide-Videohound-Guides/dp/1578590183/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388618628&sr=1-1&keywords=1578590183#reader_1578590183 |first=Monica |last=Sullivan |year=1998 |publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]] |pages=12–13 }}</ref> || Also known as ''The Spiritualist''
+|''[[The Amazing Mr. X]]'' || 1948 || [[Bernard Vorhaus]] || [[Eagle-Lion Films]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=VideoHound's independent film guide |first=Monica |last=Sullivan |year=1998 |publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]] |pages=12–13 |isbn = 1578590183}}</ref> || Also known as ''The Spiritualist''
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 |''[[Angel and the Badman]]'' || 1947 || [[James Edward Grant]] || [[Republic Pictures]] || 1975 || Copyright not renewed<ref name=pierce2001>{{cite conference |last=Pierce |first=David |date=March 29, 2001 |title=Legal Limbo: How American Copyright Law Makes Orphan Films |conference=Orphans of the Storm II: Documenting the 20th Century |url=http://www.sc.edu/orphanfilm/orphanage/symposia/audio/index.html |conference-url=http://www.sc.edu/filmsymposium/archive/orphans2001/programfr.html |format=mp3 in "file3" |access-date=January 5, 2012 }}</ref> ||
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 |''[[At War with the Army]]'' || 1950 || [[Hal Walker]] || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Erickson|first=Hal|title=Military Comedy Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918|year=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786492671}}page 68</ref> ||
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-|''[[Attack of the Giant Leeches]]'' || 1959 || [[Bernard L. Kowalski]] || [[American International Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Smith 2009 8">{{cite book |title=The American International Pictures video guide |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZALAQAAMAAJ |first=Gary A. |last=Smith |year=2009 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Attack of the Giant Leeches]]'' || 1959 || [[Bernard L. Kowalski]] || [[American International Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Smith 2009 8">{{cite book |title=The American International Pictures video guide |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZALAQAAMAAJ |first=Gary A. |last=Smith |year=2009 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=9780786433094 }}</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Bat (1959 film)|The Bat]]'' || 1959 || [[Crane Wilbur]] || [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation|Allied Artists]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Nathaniel|title=The Bat|work=[[Tcm.com]]|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/114214%7C0/The-Bat.html|access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Beau Ideal]]'' || 1931<br /><small>(copyright notice: 1930)</small> || [[Herbert Brenon]] || RKO Radio Pictures || 1958 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=140-143}} ||
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-|''[[Becky Sharp (film)|Becky Sharp]]'' || 1935 || [[Rouben Mamoulian]] || RKO Radio Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRJ-QctqaLcC&pg=PT177&dq=becky+sharp+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz-PTJg8PaAhVE7oMKHXTzAiwQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=becky%20sharp%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604572}}{{page needed|date=April 2018}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Becky Sharp (film)|Becky Sharp]]'' || 1935 || [[Rouben Mamoulian]] || RKO Radio Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRJ-QctqaLcC&q=becky+sharp+public+domain&pg=PT177|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604572}}{{page needed|date=April 2018}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Behind Office Doors]]'' || 1931 || [[Melville W. Brown]] || RKO Radio Pictures || 1959 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=140-143}} ||
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 |''[[Blue Steel (1934 film)|Blue Steel]]'' || 1934|| [[Robert N. Bradbury]] || Lone Star Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}.<ref name="John Wayne. The Life and Legend"/> ||
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-|''[[Bowery at Midnight]]'' || 1942 || [[Wallace Fox]] || [[Monogram Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Lennig 2003 465">{{cite book |title=The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi |page=465 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GG8MvjwtHYAC&pg=PA465 |first=Arthur |last=Lennig |year=2003 |publisher=[[The University Press of Kentucky]]}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Bowery at Midnight]]'' || 1942 || [[Wallace Fox]] || [[Monogram Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Lennig 2003 465">{{cite book |title=The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi |page=465 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GG8MvjwtHYAC&pg=PA465 |first=Arthur |last=Lennig |year=2003 |publisher=[[The University Press of Kentucky]]|isbn=9780813143767 }}</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Brain That Wouldn't Die]]'' || 1962 <br /><small>(completed: 1959)</small>|| Joseph Green || American International Pictures || 1962 || Missing copyright notice<ref name="Nathaniel Thompson">{{citation |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |title=Cult Movies, The Brain that Wouldn't Die |url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=625878%7C151934&name=The-Brain-That-Wouldn-t-Die |author=Nathaniel Thompson}}</ref> || Originally completed in 1959 under the title ''The Black Door'' (it was then changed to ''The Head That Wouldn't Die''), it was not released until May 3, 1962, where failure to add the copyright notice resulted in the film entering the public domain.<ref name="Nathaniel Thompson"/>
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-|''[[Brideless Groom]]'' || 1947 || [[Edward Bernds]] || [[Columbia Pictures]] || 1960s<ref name="Hogan 2011">{{cite book |title=Three Stooges FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Eye-Poking, Face-Slapping, Head-Thumping Geniuses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zK2FUEw6IUYC&pg=PT418|first=David |last=Hogan |year=2011 |publisher=[[Applause Theatre and Cinema Books]]}}</ref> || Copyright not renewed<ref name="Hogan 2011"/> || Short film
+|''[[Brideless Groom]]'' || 1947 || [[Edward Bernds]] || [[Columbia Pictures]] || 1960s<ref name="Hogan 2011">{{cite book |title=Three Stooges FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Eye-Poking, Face-Slapping, Head-Thumping Geniuses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zK2FUEw6IUYC&pg=PT418|first=David |last=Hogan |year=2011 |publisher=[[Applause Theatre and Cinema Books]]|isbn = 9781557839329}}</ref> || Copyright not renewed<ref name="Hogan 2011"/> || Short film
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 |''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'' || 1959 || [[Roger Corman]] || American International Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Coffel|first=Chris|title=HOME VIDEO[Blu-ray Review] 'A Bucket of Blood' is a Bucket of Fun!|date=November 24, 2015|publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3369106/blu-ray-review-bucket-blood-bucket-fun/|access-date=June 23, 2017}}</ref> ||
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-|''[[Captain Kidd (film)|Captain Kidd]]'' || 1945 || [[Rowland V. Lee]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28MeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA274&dq=captain+kidd+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-wrDS26TaAhWD2VMKHeLjAIwQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=captain%20kidd%20public%20domain&f=false|last1=Edgerton|first1=Gary R.|last2=Rollins|first2=Peter C.|title=Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age|year=2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813158297}}page 274</ref> ||
+|''[[Captain Kidd (film)|Captain Kidd]]'' || 1945 || [[Rowland V. Lee]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28MeBgAAQBAJ&q=captain+kidd+public+domain&pg=PA274|last1=Edgerton|first1=Gary R.|last2=Rollins|first2=Peter C.|title=Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age|year=2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813158297}}page 274</ref> ||
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-|''[[Carnival of Souls]]'' || 1962 || [[Herk Harvey]] || Herts-Lion International Corp. || 1962 || Missing copyright notice<ref>{{cite book |title=Writing the Horror Movie |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWEDAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT91 |first=Marc |last=Blake |year=2013 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing Plc]]}}</ref> ||There was a dispute about the rights to the film from 1990 to 1995. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.kc.harveyherk.xml;route=ksrlead;brand=ksrlead;query=|title=Papers of Herk Harvey|website=etext.ku.edu|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref><br>The entirety of the film rights might have been granted to John Clifford in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publicdomainmovie.net/movie/carnival-of-souls-720p-1962|title=Carnival Of Souls 720p 1962 {{!}} Public Domain Movies|website=publicdomainmovie.net|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref> <br>The DVD release of the film by [[The Criterion Collection]] lists copyright by Harold Harvey and John Clifford.
+|''[[Carnival of Souls]]'' || 1962 || [[Herk Harvey]] || Herts-Lion International Corp. || 1962 || Missing copyright notice<ref>{{cite book |title=Writing the Horror Movie |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWEDAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT91 |first=Marc |last=Blake |year=2013 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing Plc]]|isbn=9781441193476 }}</ref> ||There was a dispute about the rights to the film from 1990 to 1995. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.kc.harveyherk.xml;route=ksrlead;brand=ksrlead;query=|title=Papers of Herk Harvey|website=etext.ku.edu|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref><br>The entirety of the film rights might have been granted to John Clifford in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publicdomainmovie.net/movie/carnival-of-souls-720p-1962|title=Carnival Of Souls 720p 1962 {{!}} Public Domain Movies|website=publicdomainmovie.net|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref> <br>The DVD release of the film by [[The Criterion Collection]] lists copyright by Harold Harvey and John Clifford.
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 |''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]'' || 1963 || [[Stanley Donen]] || [[Universal Pictures]] || 1963 || Defective copyright notice{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|p=130}} || Original music still in copyright<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=henry+mancini+charade&Search_Code=FT*&SL=None&PID=bKzqC11w_54TrPiJMuAga1_6Rvxe&SEQ=20101104000150&CNT=25&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y Online search results for keywords "Henry Mancini Charade"], from [[US Copyright Office]].</ref><br>Original story by Peter Stone still in copyright{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|p=130}}<ref>The original story basis for ''Charade'' is ''The Unsuspecting Wife'' by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, which appeared in the July 1961 issue of ''Redbook'' magazine. The copyright to the story was renewed by Stone in 1989 (see source: David Pierce (2007), Note #20, pg. 141).</ref>
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 |''[[Conspiracy (1930 film)|Conspiracy]]'' || 1930 || [[Christy Cabanne]] || RKO Radio Pictures || 1958 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=140-143}} ||
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-|''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' || 1950 || [[Michael Gordon (film director)|Michael Gordon]] || United Artists || 1980s || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zuckerman|first=Faye|title=Prism Into Public Domain: 24 Film Classics Set for Release|date=March 23, 1985|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT21&dq=cyrano+de+bergerac+1950+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ3NHx4uLZAhXNuVMKHbaqArgQ6AEIPTAE#v=onepage&q=cyrano%20de%20bergerac%201950%20public%20domain&f=false|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8pZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cyrano+de+Bergerac%22+1950++public+domain&dq=%22Cyrano+de+Bergerac%22+1950++public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihh9bA5rjKAhUFWT4KHau8AUcQ6AEIPjAH |title=Depardieu |publisher=Sinclair-Stevenson, Limited |author=Marianne Gray |year=1991 |page=160 |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' || 1950 || [[Michael Gordon (film director)|Michael Gordon]] || United Artists || 1980s || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zuckerman|first=Faye|title=Prism Into Public Domain: 24 Film Classics Set for Release|date=March 23, 1985|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSQEAAAAMBAJ&q=cyrano+de+bergerac+1950+public+domain&pg=PT21|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8pZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cyrano+de+Bergerac%22+1950++public+domain |title=Depardieu |publisher=Sinclair-Stevenson, Limited |author=Marianne Gray |year=1991 |page=160 |isbn=9781856190954 |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Dance of Life]]'' || 1929 || [[John Cromwell (director)|John Cromwell]] || [[Paramount Pictures]] || 1957 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=131-134}} ||
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 |''[[Dementia 13]]'' || 1963 || [[Francis Ford Coppola]] || American International Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Smith 2009 8"/> || Also known as ''The Haunted and the Hunted''
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-|''[[Detour (1945 film)|Detour]]'' || 1945 || [[Edgar G. Ulmer]] || [[Producers Releasing Corporation]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book |title=The Films of Edgar G. Ulmer |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAAZnSrL0ZoC&pg=PA151 |first=Bernd |last=Herzogenrath |year=2009 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Detour (1945 film)|Detour]]'' || 1945 || [[Edgar G. Ulmer]] || [[Producers Releasing Corporation]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book |title=The Films of Edgar G. Ulmer |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAAZnSrL0ZoC&pg=PA151 |first=Bernd |last=Herzogenrath |year=2009 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|isbn=9780810867369 }}</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Devil Bat]]'' || 1940 || [[Jean Yarbrough]] || Producers Releasing Corporation || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Lennig 2003 465"/> ||
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 |''[[D.O.A. (1949 film)|D.O.A.]]'' || 1949 || [[Rudolph Maté]] || United Artists || 1977 || Copyright not renewed<ref>[http://chart.copyrightdata.com/ch17.html ''Researching the Copyright Status of a Work'' from Copyright Registration and Renewal Information Chart and Web Site]</ref> ||
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-|''[[Ella Cinders (film)|Ella Cinders]]'' || 1926 || [[Alfred E. Green]] || [[First National Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Codori|first=Jeff|title=Colleen Moore: A Biography of the Silent Film Star|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gzhHmLmxm8C&pg=PA251&dq=ella+cinders+colleen+moore+library+of+congress&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UmotU-ztIqeL2AXejoCwDQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ella%20cinders%20colleen%20moore%20library%20of%20congress&f=false|access-date=July 19, 2018|date=February 28, 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-786-48899-9|page=251}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Ella Cinders (film)|Ella Cinders]]'' || 1926 || [[Alfred E. Green]] || [[First National Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Codori|first=Jeff|title=Colleen Moore: A Biography of the Silent Film Star|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gzhHmLmxm8C&q=ella+cinders+colleen+moore+library+of+congress&pg=PA251|access-date=July 19, 2018|date=February 28, 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-786-48899-5|page=251}}</ref> ||
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-|''[[The Emperor Jones (1933 film)|The Emperor Jones]]'' || 1933 || [[Dudley Murphy]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRJ-QctqaLcC&pg=PT123&dq=the+emperor+jones+1933+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp09jdw_jZAhVyTd8KHR9ADDUQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=the%20emperor%20jones%201933%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604572}}{{page needed|date=March 2018}}</ref> ||
+|''[[The Emperor Jones (1933 film)|The Emperor Jones]]'' || 1933 || [[Dudley Murphy]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRJ-QctqaLcC&q=the+emperor+jones+1933+public+domain&pg=PT123|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604572}}{{page needed|date=March 2018}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Father's Little Dividend]]'' || 1951<br /><small>(copyright notice: 1950)</small> || [[Vincente Minnelli]] || [[MGM]] || 1978 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=138-139}} ||
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 |''{{sortname|A|Farewell to Arms|A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)}}'' || 1932 || [[Frank Borzage]] || Paramount Pictures || 1960 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=134-137}} || Based on the copyrighted (R177406) novel by [[Ernest Hemingway]]
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-|''[[Fear and Desire]]'' || 1953 || [[Stanley Kubrick]] || [[Joseph Burstyn]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hutchinson|first=Sean|title=Fear and Desire: The Movie Stanley Kubrick Didn’t Want You to See|date=6 April 2017|magazine=[[Mental Floss]]|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/93924/fear-and-desire-movie-stanley-kubrick-didnt-want-you-see|access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Fear and Desire]]'' || 1953 || [[Stanley Kubrick]] || [[Joseph Burstyn]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hutchinson|first=Sean|title=Fear and Desire: The Movie Stanley Kubrick Didn't Want You to See|date=6 April 2017|magazine=[[Mental Floss]]|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/93924/fear-and-desire-movie-stanley-kubrick-didnt-want-you-see|access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Flying Deuces]]'' || 1939|| [[A. Edward Sutherland]] || [[RKO Radio Pictures]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/flying-deuces-bluray-review}}</ref>||
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 |''[[The General (1926 film)|The General]]'' || 1926 || [[Clyde Bruckman]]<br />[[Buster Keaton]] || United Artists || 1955 ||Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Fishman|2010|pp=174-180}} ||
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-|''[[Glen or Glenda]]'' || 1953 || [[Ed Wood]] || [[Columbia Classics]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLpJHjGFNk8C&pg=PT270&dq=%22Glen+or+Glenda%22+Public+Domain&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CJUSUvHwFPGqyQHv5IAw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Glen%20or%20Glenda%22%20Public%20Domain&f=false |first=John |last=Wilson |year=2005 |publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Glen or Glenda]]'' || 1953 || [[Ed Wood]] || [[Columbia Classics]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLpJHjGFNk8C&q=%22Glen+or+Glenda%22+Public+Domain&pg=PT270 |first=John |last=Wilson |year=2005 |publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]|isbn = 9780446510080}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Go for Broke! (1951 film)|Go for Broke!]]'' || 1951<br /><small>(copyright notice: 1950)</small> || [[Robert Pirosh]] || MGM || 1978 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=138-139}} ||
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-|''[[God's Little Acre (film)|God's Little Acre]]'' || 1958 || [[Anthony Mann]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name=godslittleacre>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DcxDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=god%27s+little+acre+public+domain&source=bl&ots=c3QYJ_lKCy&sig=bGZqhNqn1z-D9ty16W2qxBwQvsU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh-e6mhqLaAhWIylMKHY5QDa44ChDoAQg7MAY#v=onepage&q=god's%20little%20acre%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Stim|first=Richard|title=Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off|year=2016|publisher=[[Nolo (publisher)|Nolo]]|isbn=9781413323139}}page 268</ref> || The colorized version is not in the public domain<ref name=godslittleacre/>
+|''[[God's Little Acre (film)|God's Little Acre]]'' || 1958 || [[Anthony Mann]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name=godslittleacre>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DcxDQAAQBAJ&q=god%27s+little+acre+public+domain&pg=PA268|last=Stim|first=Richard|title=Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off|year=2016|publisher=[[Nolo (publisher)|Nolo]]|isbn=9781413323139}}page 268</ref> || The colorized version is not in the public domain<ref name=godslittleacre/>
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-|''[[The Gorilla (1939 film)|The Gorilla]]'' || 1939 || [[Allan Dwan]] || 20th Century Fox || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0V7td4yxdEC&pg=PA152&dq=the+gorilla+1939+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT4v21v-LZAhXHoFMKHT-uCa4Q6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=the%20gorilla%201939%20public%20domain&f=false|last2=Okuda|first2=Ted|last1=Brotherton|first1=Jamie|title=Dorothy Lee: The Life and Films of the Wheeler and Woolsey Girl|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786433636}}page 152</ref> ||
+|''[[The Gorilla (1939 film)|The Gorilla]]'' || 1939 || [[Allan Dwan]] || 20th Century Fox || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0V7td4yxdEC&q=the+gorilla+1939+public+domain&pg=PA152|last2=Okuda|first2=Ted|last1=Brotherton|first1=Jamie|title=Dorothy Lee: The Life and Films of the Wheeler and Woolsey Girl|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786433636}}page 152</ref> ||
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-|''[[The Great Flamarion]]'' || 1945 || [[Anthony Mann]] || Republic Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tA-rDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT37&dq=the+great+flamarion+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimg7iK26PaAhWL71MKHf-1AgIQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=the%20great%20flamarion%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Peros|first=Mike|title=Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart|year=2016|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781496809933|quote=''The Great Flamarion'' is among Duryea's more visible efforts because it fell into the public domain when the original copyright lapsed.}}{{page needed|date=April 2018}}</ref> ||
+|''[[The Great Flamarion]]'' || 1945 || [[Anthony Mann]] || Republic Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tA-rDgAAQBAJ&q=the+great+flamarion+public+domain&pg=PT37|last=Peros|first=Mike|title=Dan Duryea: Heel with a Heart|year=2016|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781496809933|quote=''The Great Flamarion'' is among Duryea's more visible efforts because it fell into the public domain when the original copyright lapsed.}}{{page needed|date=April 2018}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Gulliver's Travels (1939 film)|Gulliver's Travels]]'' || 1939 || [[Dave Fleischer]] || Paramount Pictures || 1967 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{citation |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |title=Mr. Bug Goes to Town aka Hoppity Goes to Town |url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/499724%7C0/Mr-Bug-Goes-to-Town-aka-Hoppity-Goes-to-Town.html |author=John M. Miller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/movies/homevideo/08dkehr.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=Classics From Disney and a Lilliputian Competitor |work=New York Times |author=David Kehr |date=March 6, 2009  |access-date=October 26, 2013}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Jackie Robinson Story]]'' || 1950 || [[Alfred E. Green]] || [[Eagle-Lion Films]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Harris|first=Aisha|title=When Jackie Robinson Played Himself|date=April 11, 2013|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/04/11/the_jackie_robinson_story_differs_from_42_in_important_ways_watch_it_here.html|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref> || Ancillary rights owned by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
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-|''[[The Joe Louis Story]]'' || 1953 || [[Robert Gordon (director)|Robert Gordon]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QgsMGFUuTrMC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=joe+louis+public+domain&source=bl&ots=-dTOUCWPRy&sig=4pi7UHXcFOXwuccCYzvg6H-8YH8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA5qD3n53aAhWCt1MKHfcsDmE4ChDoAQg4MAM#v=onepage&q=joe%20louis%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Deane|first=Pamela S.|title=James Edwards: African American Hollywood Icon|year=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786458165}}page 82</ref> ||
+|''[[The Joe Louis Story]]'' || 1953 || [[Robert Gordon (director)|Robert Gordon]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QgsMGFUuTrMC&q=joe+louis+public+domain&pg=PA82|last=Deane|first=Pamela S.|title=James Edwards: African American Hollywood Icon|year=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786458165}}page 82</ref> ||
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 |''[[Kansas City Confidential]]'' || 1952 || [[Phil Karlson]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite news|last=Kehr|first=Dave|title=New DVDs|date=July 10, 2007|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/movies/homevideo/10dvd.html|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> ||
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 |''{{sortname|A|Lady to Love|A Lady to Love}}'' || 1930 || [[Victor Sjöström]] || MGM || 1958 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=131-134}} || Based on the play ''[[They Knew What They Wanted (play)|They Knew What They Wanted]]''
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-|''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' || 1964 || [[Ubaldo Ragona]], [[Sidney Salkow]] || American International Pictures, [[20th Century Fox]] || 1992<ref name=lampley/> || Copyright not renewed<ref name=lampley>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkeiwEZI4-cC&pg=PA98 |page=98 |title=Women in the Horror Films of Vincent Price |author=Jonathan Malcolm Lampley |publisher=McFarland |year=2010}}</ref>||
+|''[[The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' || 1964 || [[Ubaldo Ragona]], [[Sidney Salkow]] || American International Pictures, [[20th Century Fox]] || 1992<ref name=lampley/> || Copyright not renewed<ref name=lampley>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkeiwEZI4-cC&pg=PA98 |page=98 |title=Women in the Horror Films of Vincent Price |author=Jonathan Malcolm Lampley |publisher=McFarland |year=2010|isbn=9780786457496 }}</ref>||
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 |''[[The Last Time I Saw Paris]]'' || 1954<br /><small>(copyright notice: 1944)</small> || [[Richard Brooks]] || MGM || 1972 || Copyright not renewed; Defective copyright notice resulted in earlier expiration<ref>[http://chart.copyrightdata.com/ch02.html Copyright Registration and Renewal Information Chart and Web Site]</ref> || Music score still protected by copyright<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?ti=226,0&Search%5FArg=last%20time%20i%20saw%20paris%20conrad%20salinger&Search%5FCode=FT%2A&CNT=25&REC=0&RC=0&PID=jupkgzn_U8gRHSFWQ0dSEAscHvgW&SEQ=20120617213204&SID=4 Online results from keyword search: "Last Time I Saw Paris Conrad Salinger" in United States Copyright Office.] Retrieved June 17, 2012.</ref>
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 |''[[Letter of Introduction (film)|Letter of Introduction]]'' || 1938 || [[John M. Stahl]] || Universal Pictures || 1966 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|p=138}} ||
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-|''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]'' || 1947 || [[Michael Curtiz]] || Warner Bros. || 1975 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ug3MDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=life+with+father+1947+public+domain&source=bl&ots=vXynBEQv_s&sig=2ktC_orHpLvz9uNYr6s6g738N6s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb4OjJu-LZAhUOzFMKHSF1Abc4ChDoAQgmMAA#v=onepage&q=life%20with%20father%201947%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Hannan|first=Brian|title=Coming Back to a Theater Near You: A History of Hollywood Reissues, 1914-2014|year=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786498130}}page 272</ref> ||
+|''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]'' || 1947 || [[Michael Curtiz]] || Warner Bros. || 1975 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ug3MDAAAQBAJ&q=life+with+father+1947+public+domain&pg=PA272|last=Hannan|first=Brian|title=Coming Back to a Theater Near You: A History of Hollywood Reissues, 1914-2014|year=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786498130}}page 272</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' || 1939 || [[Walter Lang]] ||  20th Century Fox || 1967 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|p=126}} ||
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 |''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' || 1955 || [[Otto Preminger]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Kehr|first=Dave|title=New DVD's|date=October 11, 2005|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/movies/new-dvds.html|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> ||
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-|''[[Maniac (1934 film)|Maniac]]'' || 1934 || [[Dwain Esper]] || [[Roadshow Attractions]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLpJHjGFNk8C&pg=PT250&dq=%22Maniac%22+Public+Domain&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b5YSUsLVEeaNygH7-4FQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Maniac%22%20Public%20Domain&f=false |first=John |last=Wilson |year=2005 |publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]}}</ref> || Also known as ''Sex Maniac''
+|''[[Maniac (1934 film)|Maniac]]'' || 1934 || [[Dwain Esper]] || [[Roadshow Attractions]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLpJHjGFNk8C&q=%22Maniac%22+Public+Domain&pg=PT250 |first=John |last=Wilson |year=2005 |publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]|isbn = 9780446510080}}</ref> || Also known as ''Sex Maniac''
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 |''[[Manos: The Hands of Fate]]'' || 1966 || Harold P. Warren || Emerson Film Enterprises || 1968 || Failure to display copyright notice<ref name=manos>[http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-battle-over-the-worst-movie-ever THE BATTLE OVER THE WORST MOVIE EVER] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203144617/http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-battle-over-the-worst-movie-ever |date=December 3, 2015 }} playboy.com accessed October 3, 2015</ref> || Original script may have been copyrighted<ref name=manos/>
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 |''[[My Favorite Brunette]]'' || 1947 || [[Elliott Nugent]] || Paramount Pictures || 1975 || Copyright not renewed<ref name=pierce2001/> ||
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-|''[[My Man Godfrey]]'' || 1936 || [[Gregory La Cava]] || Universal Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0xBAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=My+Man+Godfrey |title=A copyright primer for educational and industrial media producers |publisher=Copyright Information Services |author=Esther Rita Sinofsky |year=1988 |page=29 |quote=But remember the underlying works may still be copyrighted |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> || While the film images are public domain, under rulings of ''[[Stewart v. Abend]]'', the film text (script) is based on the copyrighted 1935 book ''My Man Godfrey'' by Eric S. Hatch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/detail?fileID=1988354045 |title=My Man Godfry |work=Stanford University Copyright Renewal Database |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref>
+|''[[My Man Godfrey]]'' || 1936 || [[Gregory La Cava]] || Universal Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0xBAQAAIAAJ&q=My+Man+Godfrey |title=A copyright primer for educational and industrial media producers |publisher=Copyright Information Services |author=Esther Rita Sinofsky |year=1988 |page=29 |isbn=9780914143123 |quote=But remember the underlying works may still be copyrighted |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref> || While the film images are public domain, under rulings of ''[[Stewart v. Abend]]'', the film text (script) is based on the copyrighted 1935 book ''My Man Godfrey'' by Eric S. Hatch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/detail?fileID=1988354045 |title=My Man Godfry |work=Stanford University Copyright Renewal Database |access-date=January 20, 2016}}</ref>
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-|''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''|| 1968 || [[George A. Romero]] || [[Walter Reade]] ||1968 || Missing copyright notice and errors from the distributor<ref>''Night of the Living Dead'' entered the public domain because the original theatrical distributor, the Walter Reade Organization, neglected to place a copyright indication on the prints. In 1968, [[United States copyright law]] required a proper notice for a work to maintain a copyright. See U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 92, ''Copyright Law of the United States of America'', Chapter 4: Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration, [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#405 Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords]. Image Ten displayed such a notice on the title frames of the film beneath its original title, ''Night of the Flesh Eaters'', but the distributor removed the statement when it changed the title. See {{cite book |title=Generation Zombie: Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture |last1=Boluk |first1=Stephanie |last2=Lenz |first2=Wylie |editor1-last=Boluk |editor1-first=Stephanie |editor2-last=Lenz |editor2-first=Wylie |chapter=Introduction: Generation Z, the Age of Apocalypse |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jc3Or27Mzr0C&lpg=PP1& |date=June 16, 2011 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |location=Jefferson, North Carolina, US |isbn=978-0-7864-6140-0 |page=5 |access-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> || The restored version released on home media by [[The Criterion Collection]] is under copyright by Image Ten, Inc. <ref>{{cite web |title=Night Of The Living Dead (1968) - Criterion Collection' |website=High-Def Digest |url=https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/53549/nightofthelivingdeadcriterion.html |date=February 26, 2018 |access-date=December 19, 2020 }}</ref>
+|''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''|| 1968 || [[George A. Romero]] || [[Walter Reade]] ||1968 || Missing copyright notice and errors from the distributor<ref>''Night of the Living Dead'' entered the public domain because the original theatrical distributor, the Walter Reade Organization, neglected to place a copyright indication on the prints. In 1968, [[United States copyright law]] required a proper notice for a work to maintain a copyright. See U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 92, ''Copyright Law of the United States of America'', Chapter 4: Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration, [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#405 Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords]. Image Ten displayed such a notice on the title frames of the film beneath its original title, ''Night of the Flesh Eaters'', but the distributor removed the statement when it changed the title. See {{cite book |title=Generation Zombie: Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture |last1=Boluk |first1=Stephanie |last2=Lenz |first2=Wylie |editor1-last=Boluk |editor1-first=Stephanie |editor2-last=Lenz |editor2-first=Wylie |chapter=Introduction: Generation Z, the Age of Apocalypse |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jc3Or27Mzr0C&lpg=PP1 |date=June 16, 2011 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |location=Jefferson, North Carolina, US |isbn=978-0-7864-6140-0 |page=5 |access-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> || The restored version released on home media by [[The Criterion Collection]] is under copyright by Image Ten, Inc. <ref>{{cite web |title=Night Of The Living Dead (1968) - Criterion Collection' |website=High-Def Digest |url=https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/53549/nightofthelivingdeadcriterion.html |date=February 26, 2018 |access-date=December 19, 2020 }}</ref>
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 |''[[Nothing Sacred (film)|Nothing Sacred]]'' || 1937 || [[William A. Wellman]] || Selznick,<br />United Artists || 1965 ||Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Fishman|2010|pp=174-180}} ||
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 |''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' || 1959 || [[Ed Wood]] || [[Distributors Corporation of America]] || 1987 || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Guy |last=Lodge |title=Film in the public domain: here be buried treasures |date=August 20, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/20/internet-film-archives-plan-9-from-outer-space-rain-joan-crawford |access-date=February 14, 2019}}</ref> ||
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-|''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves]]'' || 1937 || [[Dave Fleischer]] || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Grandinetti 2004 125">{{cite book |title=Popeye: an illustrated cultural history |page=125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P9ZoAAAAIAAJ |first=Fred |last=Grandinetti |year=2004 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]}}</ref> || The second of three [[Popeye]] Technicolor two-reel specials
+|''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves]]'' || 1937 || [[Dave Fleischer]] || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Grandinetti 2004 125">{{cite book |title=Popeye: an illustrated cultural history |page=125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P9ZoAAAAIAAJ |first=Fred |last=Grandinetti |year=2004 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=9780786416059 }}</ref> || The second of three [[Popeye]] Technicolor two-reel specials
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 |''[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor]]'' || 1936 || [[Dave Fleischer]] || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name="Grandinetti 2004 125"/> || The first of three [[Popeye]] Technicolor two-reel specials
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-|''[[Pot o' Gold (film)|Pot o' Gold]]'' || 1941 || [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2oyoBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA199&dq=james+stewart+paulette+goddard+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMga6Ir4_iAhUIjq0KHdNCCXkQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=james%20stewart%20paulette%20goddard%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Coniam|first=Matthew|title=The Annotated Marx Brothers: A Filmgoer’s Guide to In-Jokes, Obscure References and Sly Details|year=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786497058}}page 199</ref> ||
+|''[[Pot o' Gold (film)|Pot o' Gold]]'' || 1941 || [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2oyoBgAAQBAJ&q=james+stewart+paulette+goddard+public+domain&pg=PA199|last=Coniam|first=Matthew|title=The Annotated Marx Brothers: A Filmgoer's Guide to In-Jokes, Obscure References and Sly Details|year=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786497058}}page 199</ref> ||
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-|''[[Quicksand (1950 film)|Quicksand]]'' || 1950 || [[Irving Pichel]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR9UCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq=quicksand+public+domain&source=bl&ots=tpKfQuGjRA&sig=5DfnSRtzASXy72YBf8Y-o5yubXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0x7PJiKLaAhWN0VMKHVfeCZs4ChDoAQgpMAE#v=onepage&q=quicksand%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Neibaur|first=James L.|title=The Essential Mickey Rooney|year=2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442260962}}page 184</ref> ||
+|''[[Quicksand (1950 film)|Quicksand]]'' || 1950 || [[Irving Pichel]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR9UCwAAQBAJ&q=quicksand+public+domain&pg=PA184|last=Neibaur|first=James L.|title=The Essential Mickey Rooney|year=2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442260962}}page 184</ref> ||
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-|''[[Rage at Dawn]]'' || 1955 || [[Tim Whelan]] || RKO Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfVtAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA114&dq=rage+at+dawn+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-jp_gjYLiAhUOMawKHcYGCT4Q6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=rage%20at%20dawn%20public%20domain&f=false|last=Herzberg|first=Bob|title=Hang 'Em High: Law and Disorder in Western Films and Literature|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476601243}}page 114</ref> ||
+|''[[Rage at Dawn]]'' || 1955 || [[Tim Whelan]] || RKO Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfVtAAAAQBAJ&q=rage+at+dawn+public+domain&pg=PA114|last=Herzberg|first=Bob|title=Hang 'Em High: Law and Disorder in Western Films and Literature|year=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476601243}}page 114</ref> ||
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 |''[[Rain (1932 film)|Rain]]'' || 1932 || [[Lewis Milestone]] || United Artists || 1960 || Copyright not renewed<ref name=pierce2001/> ||
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 |''[[Salt of the Earth (1954 film)|Salt of the Earth]]'' || 1954 || [[Herbert Biberman]] || Independent Productions || 1982<ref name="sote">{{Cite web|last=Roe|first=Matthew|date=2019-02-12|title=Anarchic Cinema: Salt of the Earth|url=https://www.filminquiry.com/anarchic-cinema-salt-of-the-earth/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Film Inquiry|language=en-US}}</ref>|| Copyright not renewed<ref name="sote"/>||Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1992<ref name="sote"/>
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-|''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'' || 1964 || [[Nicholas Webster]] || [[Embassy Pictures Corporation]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Missing copyright notice<ref name=Tedium>https://tedium.co/2017/10/24/public-domain-film-history-copyright</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLpJHjGFNk8C&pg=PT206&dq=%22Santa+Claus+Conquers+the+Martians%22+Public+Domain&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-pMSUt2cLMewyQHuloEw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Santa%20Claus%20Conquers%20the%20Martians%22%20Public%20Domain&f=false |first=John |last=Wilson |year=2005 |publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]}}</ref> || Musical score owned by [[Famous Music]]
+|''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'' || 1964 || [[Nicholas Webster]] || [[Embassy Pictures Corporation]] || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Missing copyright notice<ref name=Tedium>https://tedium.co/2017/10/24/public-domain-film-history-copyright</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywoods Worst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLpJHjGFNk8C&q=%22Santa+Claus+Conquers+the+Martians%22+Public+Domain&pg=PT206 |first=John |last=Wilson |year=2005 |publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]|isbn = 9780446510080}}</ref> || Musical score owned by [[Famous Music]]
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-|''[[Santa Fe Trail (film)|Santa Fe Trail]]'' || 1940 || [[Michael Curtiz]] || Warner Bros. || 1968 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{citation |title=Filmmakers Newsletter Volume 7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e107AAAAMAAJ&q=santa+fe+trail+1940+public+domain&dq=santa+fe+trail+1940+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9_oUUorWGoToqAHhyYCoAg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAw |year=1973 |publisher=[[Suncraft International Incorporated]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Piracy in the Motion Picture Industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MjFL1KbcX_oC&pg=PA76&dq=%22Santa+Fe+Trail%22+(1940)+Public+Domain&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Yv4UUr7BGOLmyQGFgIGgDQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Santa%20Fe%20Trail%22%20(1940)%20Public%20Domain&f=false |first=Kerry |last=Segrave}}</ref> ||
+|''[[Santa Fe Trail (film)|Santa Fe Trail]]'' || 1940 || [[Michael Curtiz]] || Warner Bros. || 1968 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{citation |title=Filmmakers Newsletter Volume 7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e107AAAAMAAJ&q=santa+fe+trail+1940+public+domain |year=1973 |publisher=[[Suncraft International Incorporated]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Piracy in the Motion Picture Industry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MjFL1KbcX_oC&q=%22Santa+Fe+Trail%22+%281940%29+Public+Domain&pg=PA76 |first=Kerry |last=Segrave|date = September 17, 2015|isbn = 9780786481606}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[Scarlet Street]]'' || 1945 || [[Fritz Lang]] || Universal Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Rapold|first=Nicolas|title=Even Good Films May Go to Purgatory: Old Films Fall Into Public Domain Under Copyright Law|date=February 14, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/movies/old-films-fall-into-public-domain-under-copyright-law.html|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Noel|title=Scarlet Street & House By The River|date=November 23, 2005|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|url=https://film.avclub.com/scarlet-street-house-by-the-river-1798201242|access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Screaming Skull]]'' || 1958 || [[Alex Nicol]] || American International Pictures || 1958 || Not registered for copyright<ref>{{cite web |title=The Screaming Skull |work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=52721 |access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Smith 2009 8"/> ||
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-|''[[Second Chorus]]'' || 1940 || [[H.C. Potter]] || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvcHAQAAMAAJ&q=second+chorus+1940+public+domain&dq=second+chorus+1940+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg8d7EtefZAhXJt1MKHeqWDQsQ6AEIPjAE|last=Simosko|first=Vladimir|title=Artie Shaw: A Musical Biography and Discography|year=2000|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810833975}}page 89</ref> ||
+|''[[Second Chorus]]'' || 1940 || [[H.C. Potter]] || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvcHAQAAMAAJ&q=second+chorus+1940+public+domain|last=Simosko|first=Vladimir|title=Artie Shaw: A Musical Biography and Discography|year=2000|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810833975}}page 89</ref> ||
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 |''[[The Secret Hour (film)|The Secret Hour]]'' || 1928 || [[Rowland V. Lee]] || Paramount Pictures || 1956 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=131-134}} || Based on the play ''[[They Knew What They Wanted (play)|They Knew What They Wanted]]''
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 |''[[The Stranger (1946 film)|The Stranger]]'' || 1946 || [[Orson Welles]] || [[International Pictures]], RKO Radio Productions || 1973 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/10/10/at_film_chest_philip_hopkins_is_on_the_hunt_for_lost_movie_treasures/ |title=He's on the hunt for lost movie treasures |work=[[Boston Globe]] |author=Gerald Peary |date=October 10, 2010 |quote=Orson Welles's "The Stranger'' is their newest HD release, made feasible because the RKO picture has fallen into public domain. |access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> ||
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-|''[[Suddenly (1954 film)|Suddenly]]'' || 1954 || [[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]] || United Artists || 1983 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|title=American Film, Volume 11, Issues 1-10|year=1985|publisher=American Film Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwU9AAAAMAAJ&q=suddenly+1954+public+domain&dq=suddenly+1954+public+domain&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF0vH35eLZAhXOs1MKHe4RBbUQ6AEIJzAA|access-date=March 10, 2018}}page 70</ref> ||
+|''[[Suddenly (1954 film)|Suddenly]]'' || 1954 || [[Lewis Allen (director)|Lewis Allen]] || United Artists || 1983 || Copyright not renewed<ref>{{cite book|title=American Film, Volume 11, Issues 1-10|year=1985|publisher=American Film Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwU9AAAAMAAJ&q=suddenly+1954+public+domain|access-date=March 10, 2018}}page 70</ref> ||
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-|[[Superman (1940s cartoons)|''Superman'' (1940s cartoon series)]] || 1941-1943 || [[Dave Fleischer]], various || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name=superman>{{cite book |title=Superman Vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmYt2xaxktEC&pg=PT25|first=Jake |last=Rossen |year=2008 |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]]}}</ref> || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name=superman /> || [[Film rights|Ancillary rights]] such as merchandising contract rights, as well as the original 35mm master elements, are currently owned by [[Warner Bros.]] through Superman's publisher, [[DC Comics]]
+|[[Superman (1940s cartoons)|''Superman'' (1940s cartoon series)]] || 1941-1943 || [[Dave Fleischer]], various || Paramount Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name=superman>{{cite book |title=Superman Vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmYt2xaxktEC&pg=PT25|first=Jake |last=Rossen |year=2008 |publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]]|isbn = 9781569765012}}</ref> || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref name=superman /> || [[Film rights|Ancillary rights]] such as merchandising contract rights, as well as the original 35mm master elements, are currently owned by [[Warner Bros.]] through Superman's publisher, [[DC Comics]]
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 |''[[Swing High, Swing Low (film)|Swing High, Swing Low]]'' || 1937 || [[Mitchell Leisen]] || Paramount Pictures || 1965 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=131-134}} ||
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 |''[[Teenagers from Outer Space]]'' || 1959 || [[Tom Graeff]] || Warner Bros. ||1987||Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Fishman|2010|pp=174-180}} ||
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-|''[[The Terror (1963 film)|The Terror]]'' || 1963 || [[Roger Corman]] || American International Pictures, Filmgroup || 1963 || Missing copyright registration<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9GknfDYd4sC&pg=PA51 |first=Fred Olen |last=Ray |year=1991 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company, Inc.]]}}</ref> || In the early 1990s, Corman asked Mark Griffiths to shoot 12 minutes of additional footage starring Dick Miller, thus making a new film titled ''The Return of the Terror'' (1991), so Corman could claim his copyright.<ref>{{cite book |title=Monte Hellman: His Life and Films |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cl2WzqT6hi8C&pg=PA34 |first=Brad |last=Stevens |year=2003 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company, Inc.]]}}</ref>
+|''[[The Terror (1963 film)|The Terror]]'' || 1963 || [[Roger Corman]] || American International Pictures, Filmgroup || 1963 || Missing copyright registration<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9GknfDYd4sC&pg=PA51 |first=Fred Olen |last=Ray |year=1991 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company, Inc.]]|isbn=9780899506289 }}</ref> || In the early 1990s, Corman asked Mark Griffiths to shoot 12 minutes of additional footage starring Dick Miller, thus making a new film titled ''The Return of the Terror'' (1991), so Corman could claim his copyright.<ref>{{cite book |title=Monte Hellman: His Life and Films |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cl2WzqT6hi8C&pg=PA34 |first=Brad |last=Stevens |year=2003 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company, Inc.]]|isbn=9780786481880 }}</ref>
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 |''[[Three Guys Named Mike]]'' || 1951<br /><small>(copyright notice: 1950)</small> || [[Charles Walters]] || MGM || 1978 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|pp=138-139}} ||
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 |''[[West of the Divide]]'' || 1934|| [[Robert N. Bradbury]] || Lone Star Pictures || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}.<ref name="John Wayne. The Life and Legend"/> ||
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-|''[[White Zombie (film)|White Zombie]]'' || 1932 || [[Victor Halperin]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film |page=280 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCt7j2BnWkoC&pg=PA280 |first=Gary D. |last=Rhodes |year=2001 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company, Inc.]]}}</ref> ||The source material for the film may not be in the public domain<ref>{{cite web|title=Tobe Hooper Walking With White Zombie|last=Turek|first=Ryan|date=July 6, 2010|website=Shocktillyoudrop.com|url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/15743-what-happened-to-tobe-hoopers-white-zombie/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301003720/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/15743-what-happened-to-tobe-hoopers-white-zombie/|archive-date=March 1, 2016|url-status=dead |access-date=2020-01-01 }}</ref>
+|''[[White Zombie (film)|White Zombie]]'' || 1932 || [[Victor Halperin]] || United Artists || {{dm|date=February 2020}} || {{dm|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |title=White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film |page=280 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCt7j2BnWkoC&pg=PA280 |first=Gary D. |last=Rhodes |year=2001 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company, Inc.]]|isbn=9780786427628 }}</ref> ||The source material for the film may not be in the public domain<ref>{{cite web|title=Tobe Hooper Walking With White Zombie|last=Turek|first=Ryan|date=July 6, 2010|website=Shocktillyoudrop.com|url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/15743-what-happened-to-tobe-hoopers-white-zombie/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301003720/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/15743-what-happened-to-tobe-hoopers-white-zombie/|archive-date=March 1, 2016|url-status=dead |access-date=2020-01-01 }}</ref>
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 |''[[Wives Under Suspicion]]'' || 1938 || [[James Whale]] || Universal Pictures || 1966 || Copyright not renewed{{sfnp|Pierce|2007|p=138}} ||
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