Protected
A Woman's Vengeance
1948 · Universal Pictures · Dir. Zoltan Korda
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
Confidence
100
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
A Woman's Vengeance (1948), directed by Zoltan Korda and starring Charles Boyer, was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on January 29, 1948. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing in their 28th year to maintain protection. If not renewed, they entered the public domain.
Research of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) confirms that Universal Pictures (Universal City Studios, Inc.) timely renewed the copyright for this motion picture. The renewal registration record R595952 was filed on January 16, 1975, following its original registration LP1459 on January 21, 1948. Because the renewal was successful, the film is protected for a total of 95 years from its publication date. It is scheduled to enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database (Record R595952)
- U.S. Copyright Office Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), Motion Pictures 1940-1949 (LP1459)
- Hurst / D. Richard Baer, Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (A Woman's Vengeance, 1948)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.