A search for renewals was done in publications for the years 1971 and 1972. There were no listings for "Modern Screen"; there's no evidence of continuing copyright on this material.
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{{Information |Description=Photo of Jean Adair, Josephine Hull and Cary Grant from the film ''Arsenic and Old Lace''. |Source=[http://archive.org/stream/modernscreen2829unse#page/n1101/mode/2up Modern Screen] November 1944 [http://ia902301.us.archive.o...