Name: Artists and Models Abroad
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Released: 1938

Artists and Models Abroad

1938 · Paramount Pictures · Dir. Mitchell Leisen

Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.

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Artists and Models Abroad (1938), starring Jack Benny and Joan Bennett, is currently under copyright in the United States. Following the framework for films released between 1928 and 1963, a valid copyright required a registration followed by a renewal at the end of the initial 28-year term. The film was originally registered for copyright by Paramount Pictures Inc. on December 30, 1938, under registration number LP8519. A search of the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Catalog of Copyright Entries confirms that the copyright was successfully renewed on January 10, 1966, by Emka, Ltd. (the division of MCA/Universal that purchased the pre-1948 Paramount library) under renewal number R377983. Because the renewal was filed correctly during the 28th year of the original copyright, the film's protection was extended to its current term. Under the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, works of this vintage receive a 95-year term from the date of publication. Therefore, the film is scheduled to enter the public domain on January 1, 2034.

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