page_title: Lawrence Hazard
hierarchical_section_title: Lawrence Hazard
caption_attribution_description: English: Studio publicity image for the film Man's Castle (1933), featuring Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy. Such images were taken on set during filming, or as part of an organized photo-shoot, by a studio photographer. They were then disseminated to the media and the public to promote the film (see Film still). Public domain explanation It is unlikely that this image was secured with copyright protection, as stated by film induustry expert Gerald Mast in Film Study and the Copyright Law (1989) p. 87: "According to the old copyright act, such production stills were not automatically copyrighted as part of the film and required separate copyrights as photographic stills ... Most studios have never bothered to copyright these stills because they were happy to see them pass into the public domain, to be used by as many people in as many publications as possible." If there is any chance that the photograph was copyrighted, under the terms of the 1909 Copyright Act (which was law until 1978) it would have had to be renewed 28 years after publication, otherwise it entered the public domain. A search for copyright renewal records of 1961 ([1], [2]) reveal no trace that this occurred.
context_page_description: Lawrence Hazard was an American playwright and screenwriter active between 1933 and 1958. His career was cut short when he died at age 61 in 1959. His films include Man's Castle directed by Frank Borzage and starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young; Mannequin directed by Borzage and starring Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy; Strange Cargo directed by Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford; The Spoilers starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne; Jackass Mail starring Wallace Beery; Dakota starring John Wayne and Walter Brennan, and numerous other films as well as scripts for television anthologies in the 1950s.
context_section_description: Lawrence Hazard (May 12, 1897 – April 1, 1959) was an American playwright and screenwriter active between 1933 and 1958. His career was cut short when he died at age 61 in 1959. His films include Man's Castle (1933) directed by Frank Borzage and starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young; Mannequin (1937) directed by Borzage and starring Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy; Strange Cargo (1940) directed by Borzage and starring Clark Gable and Joan Crawford; The Spoilers (1942) starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne; Jackass Mail (1942) starring Wallace Beery; Dakota (1945) starring John Wayne and Walter Brennan, and numerous other films as well as scripts for television anthologies in the 1950s.
caption: Young and Tracy in Man's Castle (1933)
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