Evangeline

Evangeline (1929), directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Dolores del Río, was a US production released during the 1928–1963 window. For films released in this era, US copyright law required a formal renewal filing with the Copyright Office during the 28th year of the initial term to extend protection for a second term. If no renewal was filed, the work entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year. According to the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), no renewal record exists for this film. While it was originally registered for copyright on August 24, 1929 (LP640), the renewal should have been filed in 1956 or 1957. The absence of a renewal in the Hurst/Baer 'Film Superlist' and the Stanford database confirms that United Artists or the relevant rights holders failed to renew the copyright. Consequently, the film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 1958.