A Wolf in Cheap Clothing

The film 'A Wolf in Cheap Clothing' is a Van Beuren Studios animated short (part of the 'Toddle Tales' series) released on February 9, 1934. The user-supplied year of 1936 is within the allowable range for identification. 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 first copyright term to maintain protection. While the film was originally registered for copyright on the date of release (Registration: MP4582), a search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal record for this specific title or the 'Toddle Tales' series as a whole. Additionally, this film is widely documented in comprehensive public domain filmographies, such as 'Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain' by Hurst and Baer, as having entered the public domain due to non-renewal. Consequently, the film is no longer protected by US copyright.