Image: BigClinch

Description: Description: Low-resolution reproduction of promotional photo for the film The Big Sleep (1946), featuring stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Title: BigClinch
Credit: Scan from private collection
Author: Warner Bros.
Permission: Public domain explanation The image was distributed as a promotional photograph in the U.S. in 1946 for use by the general media, satisfying the definition of "publication." There is no evidence that it was distributed with copyright notice, as then required for copyright protection. A search of copyright renewal records for 1973 and 1974 ([1], [2], [3], [4]) reveals that no renewal was filed as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any, on any bound collection of material that might encompass this photograph. There is no evidence that Warner Bros. or its corporate owner, Time Warner, claims copyright on the image.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No