Name: The Yellow Canary
Director: Buzz Kulik
Released: 1963

The Yellow Canary

1963 · 20th Century-Fox · Dir. Buzz Kulik

Andy is an arrogant pop singer about to be divorced by his wife who treats his staff badly. On the same night he starts a job at a theater in Los Angeles his infant son is kidnapped. Despite requests from the lead police officer on the case, Lieutenant Bonner, Paxton plays along with the kidnappers as they string him along even though they are willing to kill.

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The Yellow Canary was released by 20th Century-Fox in May 1963. According to the US Copyright Office records, the film was registered for copyright by Robert L. Lippert Productions on March 25, 1963, with registration number LP25418. Under the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, works published or registered between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977, received automatic renewal. However, because this film was registered in 1963, it was subject to the requirement of filing a renewal during the 28th year of its first term. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the US Copyright Office online records (which include renewals for this era) confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed. The renewal record (RE0539121) was filed on June 20, 1991, by 20th Century Fox Film Corp as the proprietor of a work made for hire. This renewal extended the copyright protection to 95 years from the publication date. The film remains under copyright in the United States and is currently controlled by Disney (via their acquisition of 20th Century Fox). Note: generated without live web grounding (the grounded research engine was unavailable). Verify the cited sources independently before relying on this determination.

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