Public Domain Movies

Cartoon: The Good Egg, 1945

Mr. Hook is the title character of a series of American animated cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II for the US Navy. The series included… Read more →

Cartoon: Jack the Giant Killer, 1922 starring Julius the Cat

Julius the Cat is a fictional anthropomorphic cat created in 1922 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. He first appeared in the very first animated series created by Disney, the… Read more →

A Fool There Was, 1915 film

A Fool There Was (1915) is an American silent film drama, produced by William Fox, and starring Theda Bara. The film was long considered controversial for such risqué intertitle cards… Read more →

Cartoon: Gold Rush Daze, 1939 – Merrie Melodies

Gold Rush Daze is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. The short was released on February 25, 1939. Buy a subscription to… Read more →

The Toll of the Sea, 1922 first color feature made in Hollywood

The Toll of the Sea (1922) is an American silent drama film, directed by Chester M. Franklin, produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, released by Metro Pictures, and featuring… Read more →

Thunderbolt, 1929

Thunderbolt (also released as At The Gates of Death) is a 1929 American pre-Code proto-noir film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully… Read more →

Dressed to Kill, 1946 starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes

Dressed to Kill, released in 1946, also known as Prelude to Murder (working title) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code in the United Kingdom, is the last of fourteen… Read more →

Unaccustomed as We Are, 1929, first sound film comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Unaccustomed As We Are is the first sound film comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, released on May 4, 1929. It was produced by Hal Roach and directed by… Read more →

The Last Warning, 1928

The Last Warning is a 1928 sound part-talkie American mystery film directed by Paul Leni, and starring Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, and Margaret Livingston. In addition to sequences with… Read more →

The Trap (1922 film)

The Trap is a 1922 American silent film starring Lon Chaney, directed by Robert Thornby, and released by Universal Pictures. The movie was released in the United Kingdom under the… Read more →