Assassin of Youth

Assassin of Youth is a US-produced 'exploitation' film directed by Elmer Clifton and released in 1937. Under the copyright laws applicable to the 1928–1963 era, the film was granted an initial 28-year term of protection, which required a formal renewal filing with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year to extend protection for a second term. Research of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal registration for this title or its producing entity, Victory Pictures. According to the Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894–1939), the film's copyright was never renewed, causing it to expire and enter the public domain in 1965. The film is currently widely distributed by public domain specialists such as Alpha Video and is available for free download on the Internet Archive without copyright restriction.