English: Portrait photo of actress Virginia Welles. Photo was copyrighted by Paramount Pictures in 1946 although no evidence of a renewal registration was found after the 28 year period (see here for a list of date-relevant renewals).
Film star portrait photos were often not copyrighted and very rarely renewed.
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 (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.