Public Domain
Condemned to Live
1935 · Invincible Pictures Corp. · Dir. Frank R. Strayer
After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
Confidence
95
— Legal Reasoning —
Why this status applies
The film was released in 1935 and registered for copyright by Invincible Pictures Corp. on March 15, 1935, under registration number LP5394. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works registered between 1928 and 1963 required a manual renewal filing with the U.S. Copyright Office during the 28th year of the original term to maintain protection.
A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal record for this film. The original copyright would have expired in 1963. The film is widely recognized as being in the public domain and is frequently distributed by public domain specialists such as Alpha Video and Sinister Cinema, and it is hosted on the Internet Archive with no copyright challenges. It is also listed as public domain in the Hurst/Baer 'Film Superlist'.
— Cited Sources —
Supporting facts
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database
- U. Penn Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) renewal search
- Hurst & Baer, Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1894-1939)
- IMDb: Condemned to Live (1935)
- Internet Archive: Condemned to Live (1935)
Research summary based on cited sources, not legal advice. Always consult a qualified copyright attorney before commercial use.