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(likely date, as this is the year Hepburn signed with MGM - it is also very similar to her appearance in the film Woman of the Year which was filmed in 1941)
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Such images were taken by a studio photographer, and then disseminated to the media and the public for the purpose of promoting their contract stars.
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[3],
[4]) 1969 (
[5],
[6]) and 1970 (
[7],
[8]) reveal no trace that this occurred.
This was a common occurrence for studio publicity images, as explained by Eve Light Honthaner, in The Complete Film Production Handbook (Focal Press, 2001), p. 211: "Publicity photos (star headshots) have traditionally not been copyrighted. Since they are disseminated to the public, they are generally considered public domain, and therefore clearance by the studio that produced them is not necessary."
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Čeština: Americká herečka
Katharine Hepburnová na profesionální fotografii z roku 1941. Narodila se k dnešnímu datu přesně před 117 lety v americkém městě
Hartfordu ve státě
Connecticut.
Português: Fotografia publicitária de estúdio de
Katharine Hepburn em 1941.
Slovenščina: Oglaševalska studijska fotografija
Katharine Hepburn iz leta 1941. Rodila se je na današnji dan pred 117 leti v
Hartfordu (
Connecticut, ZDA).