The Girl in Black Stockings

The film was released in 1957 and was originally registered for US copyright by Palm Productions, Inc. (LP9174, October 24, 1957). Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works from this era required a manual renewal during the 28th year of their first term to extend protection to a second term of 67 years. For a 1957 release, the renewal window was open in 1984 or 1985. A thorough search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database, the U Penn Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), and the US Copyright Office online records confirms that no renewal was filed for this title. While many United Artists releases from this period were renewed, several Bel-Air/Aubrey Schenck productions fell into the public domain due to administrative oversight. Because the registration was not renewed, the copyright expired at the end of its first 28-year term, and the film entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 1986. Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.