Charlie Chan in Shanghai

This film was released in 1935, placing it in the 1928–1963 window where US copyright protection depended on a timely renewal of the original registration. Searching the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals that the original registration was L5848 (filed Oct 11, 1935) by Fox Film Corp. The copyright was successfully renewed in the 28th year of its first term by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. The renewal registration number is R302170, filed on October 2, 1962. Because this renewal was filed correctly, the film entered its second term of copyright and was subsequently extended to a 95-year term by the Copyright Act of 1976 and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998. Under current US law, works for hire published in 1935 with valid renewals are protected for 95 years from the date of publication. Therefore, Charlie Chan in Shanghai will not enter the public domain in the United States until January 1, 2031.