The Letter

The film 'The Letter', starring Bette Davis and directed by William Wyler, was released in 1940 and registered for US copyright by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. on November 23, 1940, under registration number LP10065. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works from this era required a renewal in their 28th year to extend protection to a second term. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the US Copyright Office records confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed by United Artists Television, Inc. (as successor in interest to Warner Bros.) on December 1, 1967, under renewal number R423377. As a result of this timely renewal and subsequent legislative extensions (including the 1976 Act and the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act), the film is protected for a total of 95 years from its publication date. It will not enter the public domain in the United States until January 1, 2036. The rights are currently managed by Warner Bros. (via Turner Entertainment). Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.