Chicago Syndicate

Chicago Syndicate (1955) is currently under copyright protection in the United States. The film was originally registered for copyright by Columbia Pictures Corp. on July 1, 1955, under registration number LP5179. Under the 1909 Copyright Act, works from this era required a renewal during the 28th year of their first term to extend protection to a second term. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. on August 15, 1983, under renewal number RE175069. Because it was properly renewed, the copyright was extended to 95 years from the original publication date. The film is currently scheduled to enter the public domain on January 1, 2051. Note that the 'colorized' version mentioned in the request is a derivative work; while the colorization itself may have a separate copyright, the underlying black-and-white cinematic work remains protected by the 1955/1983 filings.