English: Illustrator unknown, likely a work-for-hire on behalf of the film's American distributor United Artists. Printed by M. R. Litho Co. in New York, per the credit seen on the bottom-left corner.
English: The poster did not include any copyright notice under the formalities of American copyright law for the time. Even supposing that other copies did, the copyright for the artwork was not renewed, as was required by American copyright law to extend/maintain protection for works published 1963 or earlier. In order to maintain copyright protection, the poster would have had to be renewed 28 years after publication, in either 1959 or 1960 (see the sections for "Artwork: Original registrations and renewals" and refer to the links to search the copyright catalogs for those years). Because it was not renewed, copyright lapsed at that time at the latest. Note that the poster art is a distinct work from the film it represents and had to be renewed separately.
Licensing
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
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.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=Theatrical poster for the release of the 1932 American film ''It's a Wonderful Life''.}} |Source={{en|1=Scan via [https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/crime/scarface-united-artists-1932-one-sheet-27-x-41-/a/667-28254.s Heritage Auctions].}} |Date=1932 |Author={{en|1=Illustrator unknown, likely a work-for-hire on behalf of the film's American distributor United Artists. Printed by M. R. Litho Co...