This is a standard publicity photo As stated by film production expert Eve Light Honthaner in The Complete Film Production Handbook, (Focal Press, 2001 p. 211.):
"Publicity photos and 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."
Another source with similar explanation is The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook By Nancy E. Wolff, Allworth Communications, 2007, p. 55. --
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published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a
copyright notice. For further explanation, see
Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a
detailed definition of "publication" for public art. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the
rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50
p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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