A Royal Good Time

A Royal Good Time is a 1934 American short comedy film starring Buster West and Tom Patricola, produced by Educational Pictures and released through Fox Film Corp. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of their initial term to maintain protection for a second term. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal registration for this specific title. While many Educational Pictures shorts were registered for initial copyright (this film was registered under LP4744 on May 18, 1934), the failure to renew the copyright in 1961 or 1962 caused the work to expire and enter the public domain. This is consistent with the status of many shorts from the Educational/Fox library from this period, which frequently lapsed due to administrative oversight or the dissolution of the original production entities.