A Lady Takes a Chance

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943), starring Jean Arthur and John Wayne, was originally registered for copyright by Frank Ross-Richard Walker Productions with the US Copyright Office on August 19, 1943, under registration number LP12328. Researching the renewal records in the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), the film's copyright was successfully renewed in its 28th year. The renewal was filed by Frank Ross on August 20, 1970, under registration number R489725. Under the Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent extensions, films of this era that were properly renewed are protected for 95 years from the original publication date. Consequently, the film will not enter the public domain in the United States until January 1, 2039. The film is currently owned or managed by Paramount Pictures (following their acquisitions involving Republic Pictures and National Telefilm Associates, which had earlier acquired various RKO independent productions) and remains under active commercial exploitation, further confirming its protected status.