Public Domain
Blaze Starr Goes Nudist
1962 · B. Starr Inc. · Dir. Doris Wishman
Stripper Blaze Starr visits a nudist camp for a movie to escape her troubles. She decides to join them and for a while manages to keep it from her fiancé/agent but soon he grows suspicious of her activities.
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
Under the US copyright laws for works published between 1928 and 1963, copyright protection was granted for an initial 28-year term, requiring a formal renewal with the Copyright Office during the 28th year to extend protection. 'Blaze Starr Goes Nudist' was released in 1962. A thorough search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no record of a renewal filing for this title or its alternative title, 'The Blaze Starr Story'.
Because the copyright was not renewed between 1989 and 1990 (the 28th-year window), the film entered the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of its first term on January 1, 1991. The film is widely circulated in public domain collections and by budget distributors like Alpha Video and Something Weird Video, who frequently specialize in 'nudie-cutie' exploitation films that fell into the public domain through non-renewal.
Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database
- U Penn online Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE)
- Hurst / D. Richard Baer, Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.