Public Domain Movies

A Notorious Affair, 1930

A Notorious Affair is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, produced and released by First National Pictures. It was directed by Lloyd Bacon, starred Billie Dove, and featured Basil Rathbone… Read more →

Cosmos: War of the Planets, 1977

Cosmos: War of the Planets (also released in Europe as Year Zero: War In Space) is a 1977 Italian film directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring John Richardson. It is… Read more →

Min and Bill, 1930 starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery

Min and Bill is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film, directed by George W. Hill and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery. Adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson from… Read more →

Cartoon: Trolley Troubles, 1927 starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Trolley Troubles is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced by Charles B. Mintz and George Winkler and directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is the first appearance of Oswald… Read more →

Ghosts, 1915

Ghosts is a 1915 silent film drama based on the famous play Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. It was directed by George Nichols. D. W. Griffith produced the film and Erich… Read more →

Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914

Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur. McCay first used the… Read more →

Two Weeks to Live, 1943

Two Weeks to Live is a 1943 American Lum and Abner film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Plot: This time around, Abner Peabody, proud owner of the Jot ‘Em Down… Read more →

Cartoon: Springtime, 1929 Walt Disney

Springtime is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929. It was the third Silly Symphonies film to be produced, just five days before the 1929… Read more →

Playboy of Paris, 1930 starring Maurice Chevalier

Playboy of Paris is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee (in her film debut), and O.P. Heggie. It was… Read more →

Alice’s Wonderland, 1923 Walt Disney short silent film

Alice’s Wonderland is a 1923 Walt Disney short silent film, produced in Kansas City, Missouri. The black-and-white short was the first in a series of Walt Disney’s famous Alice Comedies… Read more →