Angel

Angel (1937), directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Marlene Dietrich, was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was registered for copyright by Paramount Pictures, Inc. on September 15, 1937, under registration number LP7544. Under the laws governing films released between 1928 and 1963, the copyright had to be renewed in its 28th year to avoid entering the public domain. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) confirms that the copyright for Angel was successfully renewed by Paramount Pictures Corp. on November 10, 1964, under renewal number R348633. This renewal extended the copyright for a second term, and under the 1976 Copyright Act and subsequent extensions (such as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act), the protection was lengthened to 95 years from the original publication date. Because the renewal was filed correctly within the 28-year window, the film is not in the public domain. The copyright is currently held by Universal Pictures (via EMKA, Ltd.), which acquired the rights to the majority of Paramount's pre-1948 sound library. The film remains under US copyright protection until January 1, 2033.