Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, Cropped screenshot of Marilyn Monroe in the trailer for the film The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States without a copyright notice. Trailers for movies released before 1964 are in the Public Domain because they were never separately copyrighted. The law at the time granted the owner 28 years to file a copyright registration. Cropped screenshot of Marilyn Monroe from the trailer for the film Some Like It Hot. (1959) The trailer is published (run in a theater) before the movie itself is published. Thus, the trailer requires a separate copyright, and the scenes contained in the trailer are in Public Domain. It is not in the public domain in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, If your use will be outside the United States please check your local law.