Cinderella Goes to a Party

Cinderella Goes to a Party was a short subject released on May 15, 1942, as part of Columbia Pictures' 'Color Rhapsody' series. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, US works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of the first term to maintain protection for a second term. A thorough search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database (which covers CCE renewal records) and the Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1940-1949) indicates that Columbia Pictures failed to file a renewal for this specific short. While many Columbia theatrical shorts were renewed, this title is conspicuously absent from the records. Consequently, the film entered the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of its initial 28-year term on December 31, 1970.