Ruby Gentry

Ruby Gentry was released in the United States in December 1952. Under the copyright laws governing works published between 1928 and 1963, a 28-year initial term of protection was granted, but this protection expired unless the copyright was formally renewed with the U.S. Copyright Office during the 28th year of the first term. According to the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1950–1959), no renewal was ever filed for this motion picture. The original registration (LP2165) occurred on October 27, 1952, meaning the renewal window closed at the end of 1980. Because the copyright was not renewed, the film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 1981. The film is frequently found in public domain collections and on archive sites with no record of enforcement by the original production entities.