The image was published as an advertisement in the U.S. in 1930. There is no evidence that copyright notice was originally filed on the image, as then required. For instance, this image evidently shows the entire poster and no copyright notice.
A search of copyright renewal records for 1957 and 1958 ([1], [2], [3], [4]) reveals no evidence that Universal Pictures renewed copyrights to this poster or any collection of posters or any collection of material that might encompass this poster as would have been required to maintain copyright protection, if any.
There is no evidence that Universal Studios or its parent company, General Electric, claims copyright on the image.
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.
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2006-12-23 11:33 DCGeist 212×409×8 (49299 bytes) low-res-image of poster for ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (1930), the first American [[sound film]] to receive near-universal critical praise == Fair use for [[sound film]] == This image is being linked her
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