Full Movies in the Public Domain
Felix the Cat is a children’s comedy cartoon character created in 1919 by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a giant grin, he was one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history. Felix was the first animated character to attain a level of… Read more →
The Iron Horse is a 1924 American Western silent film directed by John Ford and produced by Fox Film. It was a major milestone in Ford’s career, and his lifelong connection to the western movie genre. It was Ford’s first major film, in part because the hastily planned production went over budget, as Fox was making a hurried response to… Read more →
Fox Pop is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies color cartoon short supervised by Chuck Jones. “Fox Pop” was released on September 5, 1942. It was later reissued as a Blue Ribbon release on September 28, 1946. It has since been made available to the public domain after years of copyright neglect. Buy a subscription to watch this movie and… Read more →
Why Worry? is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor and starring Harold Lloyd. Plot: Harold Van Pelham (Harold Lloyd) is a young, wealthy American businessman who obsesses constantly about his health, believing he is deathly sick while in reality he is perfectly fine. Determined to improve his physical condition with an extended rest… Read more →
Woos Whoopee (sometimes referred to as Felix the Cat in Woos Whoopee or Felix Woos Whoopee) is a surreal, animated 1930 Felix the Cat short subject produced by Pat Sullivan. The short opens with a long shot of a large, urban building swaying in time to the loud strains of “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight”… Read more →
Shoes is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Lois Weber and starring Mary MacLaren. It was distributed by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company and produced by Bluebird Photoplays, a subsidiary of Universal based in New York City and with access to Universal’s studio facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey as well as in California. Shoes was added to the… Read more →
The Marriage Circle is a 1924 silent film produced by Ernst Lubitsch and Warner Brothers with direction by Lubitsch and distribution by the Warners. Based on the play Only a Dream by Lothar Schmidt, the screenplay was written by Paul Bern. The “circle” of the title refers to the ring of infidelities (suspected and otherwise) central to the plot. The… Read more →
We are going to start publishing classic public domain cartoons. Because there are many fantastic classic cartoons that have been almost forgotten and we hope to bring them back to life. Buy a subscription to watch this movie and hundreds more: Ready to watch? Click to start your free trial. Watch anywhere. Cancel anytime. Free trial. Free trial Monthly Subscription… Read more →
The Sea Hawk is a 1924 American silent adventure film about an English noble sold into slavery who escapes and turns himself into a pirate king. Directed by Frank Lloyd, the screen adaptation was written by J. G. Hawks based upon the 1915 Rafael Sabatini novel of the same name. It premiered on June 2, 1924, in New York City,… Read more →
It’s Got Me Again! is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Rudolf Ising. The short was released on May 14, 1932. It is one of the first films released under the Merrie Melodies brand and the first nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1932. The title refers to the song… Read more →
