Beginning of the End

The film 'Beginning of the End' (1957), a science fiction film about giant grasshoppers, was originally registered for copyright by AB-PT Pictures Corp. on June 18, 1957, under registration number LP8576. Under the copyright laws in effect at the time, this initial 28-year term was set to expire in 1985 unless a renewal was filed. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress records confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed. The renewal was filed on May 20, 1985, by Republic Pictures Corporation (as the successor in interest) under renewal number RE0000244464. Because the copyright was active and renewed according to the requirements of the 1909 Copyright Act, the film was granted the full 95-year term from its original publication date. The film will not enter the public domain in the United States until January 1, 2053. The rights are currently held by Paramount Global (via the Republic Pictures library acquisition). Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.