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.
Publication History Photoplay began publishing in 1911. … Issue copyright renewals began with the January 1944 issue, though some articles and short stories through its run also had their copyrights renewed separately … Photoplay ceased publication in 1980.