A search of U.S. copyright renewal records for 1979 and 1980 reveals that the then corporate heir of the work's corporate author--RKO General--renewed no copyrights to this poster or any collection of posters or any collection of material that might encompass this poster as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any.
There is no evidence that the corporate author's descendant corporation--RKO Pictures LLC--claims or has ever claimed copyright on the image.
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