The Sound of Fury

The Sound of Fury (also known by its reissue title Try and Get Me!) was released in December 1950 and registered for copyright by Robert Stillman Productions, Inc. on December 13, 1950 (LP607). Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works registered between 1928 and 1963 required a manual renewal filing with the US Copyright Office during the 28th year of the first term to extend protection to a second term. For a 1950 registration, the renewal window occurred in 1977 or 1978. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database, the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), and the Film Superlist: Motion Pictures in the U.S. Public Domain (1950–1959) by David Pierce indicates that no renewal was ever filed for this title. While the film's source material (the 1947 novel 'The Victim' by Jo Pagano) may remain under copyright, the cinematic work itself entered the public domain in the United States upon the expiration of its initial 28-year term in 1978 due to non-renewal. This is a well-documented case of a 'film noir' classic falling into the public domain, a status reflected by its frequent appearance on budget home video labels and community-led archival uploads.