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{{Information |Description=Photo from an ad for Republic Pictures' film ''Jeepers Creepers''. |Source=[https://archive.org/stream/boxofficeoctdec13536unse#page/n743/mode/2up Boxoffice] page 16 |Date=[https://archive.org/stream/boxofficeoctdec13536unse#page/n743/mode/2up November 18, 1939] |Author=Republic Pictures |Permission=Pre-1978 no mark |other_versions= }} *Republic Pictures did not copyright mark this ad. The then-existent copyright for Boxoffice applied to the magazine's editorial c...