Protected
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946 · Columbia Pictures Corp. · Dir. Lew Landers
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
A Close Call for Boston Blackie was registered for copyright by Columbia Pictures Corp. on January 24, 1946, with the registration number LP90. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works from this era required a renewal filing in their 28th year to extend protection to the full 75-year (later 95-year) term.
A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) confirms that Columbia Pictures timely renewed the copyright on January 11, 1974, under renewal number R568471. Because the copyright was properly maintained, the film remains under protection for 95 years from its original publication date. It is scheduled to enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2042.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), Motion Pictures 1912-1939; 1940-1949
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database (entry R568471)
- Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (Hurst/Baer)
- IMDb: A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.