All's Well That Ends Well

The film 'All's Well That Ends Well' is a Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Norman McCabe and released by Warner Bros. in 1940. Under the 1909 Copyright Act, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing with the U.S. Copyright Office during the 28th year of their first term to maintain protection for a second term. If not renewed, the work entered the public domain. Researching the renewal records via the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) indicates that while the film was originally registered (likely under LP9608), no renewal was filed by Warner Bros. or any successor in interest in 1967 or 1968. This is consistent with a known group of 1939-1941 Warner Bros. cartoons where the studio failed to submit renewal paperwork, leading to their lapse into the public domain. This film is frequently included in public domain animation compilations and is widely available on archive.org without copyright challenge.