Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye was produced by William Cagney Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. in 1950. As a film published between 1928 and 1963, its copyright status depended on the filing of a renewal application with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of its initial term to extend protection to 95 years. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE) reveals no renewal registration for this title. While the film was originally registered (LP261 on August 21, 1950), the failure to renew in 1977 or 1978 resulted in the work entering the public domain. This is further corroborated by Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (Vol 3: 1950-1959), which identifies the film as a notable title that fell into the public domain due to non-renewal. Because the film is of US origin and failed to meet the renewal requirements of the 1909 Copyright Act, it is not eligible for copyright restoration under the URAA. The film is widely available on public domain aggregators and has been released by various budget home video labels that specialize in royalty-free content.