A Lady of Chance

A Lady of Chance, starring Norma Shearer, was released on December 1, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works from 1928 required a renewal in the 28th year to extend protection to the full 75-year (and later 95-year) term. This film was successfully renewed. The original registration was filed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. on December 10, 1928 (LP25902). According to the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), the copyright was renewed on January 3, 1956, under renewal number R162791 by Loew's, Inc. (the then-parent company of MGM). Because the renewal was filed correctly in the 28th year, the film's copyright was extended. Under the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, works renewed during this era are protected for 95 years from the date of publication. For a 1928 film, the copyright expires at the end of the calendar year 95 years later. Therefore, 'A Lady of Chance' will remain under copyright until January 1, 2024.