The Scarlet Hour

The Scarlet Hour is a 1956 American crime drama directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Paramount Pictures. Under the 1909 Copyright Act, works published between 1928 and 1963 required a renewal filing with the US Copyright Office during their 28th year of protection to prevent entering the public domain. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries confirms that Paramount Pictures Corporation successfully renewed the copyright for this motion picture. The original registration was LP6244 (dated 1956-03-30) and the renewal was filed on 1984-01-05 under renewal number RE0000192875. Because the renewal was filed in a timely manner within the 28-year window, the film's copyright was extended for a second term. Under the 1976 Copyright Act and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, this term was further extended to 95 years from the date of publication. Therefore, the film remains under copyright in the United States until January 1, 2052.