Thursday, August 06, 2009

Hotel Chelsea New York City

Hotel Chelsea

Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea 222 W 23rd St. New York, NY 10011, is a well known residence for artists, musicians and writers in the neighborhood of Chelsea in Manhattan.

Built in 1883, the Chelsea has housed writers, musicians, artists, and actors. Notable long-term residents include Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Dylan Thomas, Sid Vicious and people associated with Andy Warhol's Factory. Sir Arthur C. Clarke wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey while staying at the Chelsea.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl
Marilyn Monroe Some Like It Hot
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.

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