Tangled Destinies, 1932
Tangled Destinies is a 1932 American murder mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer. The film is also known as Who Killed Harvey Forbes? in the United Kingdom.
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Full Movies in the Public Domain
Nevada, 1927 starring Gary Cooper
Nevada is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. Based on the novel Nevada by Zane Grey, the film is about a former outlaw hired to protect a ranch owner’s daughter, which angers the ranch foreman who is in love with the girl. The villainous foreman spreads a… Read more →
Cartoon: Snafuperman, 1944
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the… Read more →
The Attack of the Giant Leeches – Full Movie in the Public Domain
Attack of the Giant Leeches is a low-budget 1959 science fiction film from American International Pictures. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and produced by Gene Corman. The screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. The film is in black and white, and runs for 62 minutes. It was one of a spate of monster movies produced during the 1950s… Read more →
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1950 drama romance film based on the 1897 French Alexandrine verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It uses poet Brian Hooker’s 1923 English blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. The film was the first motion picture version in English of Rostand’s play, though there were several earlier adaptations in different… Read more →
Cartoon: Little Red Riding Hood, 1922
Little Red Riding Hood is a Walt Disney short cartoon, and is a rendition of the traditional story of Little Red Riding Hood. The film is part of the Laugh-O-Grams series that was released in 1922. This is one of the first ever Walt Disney cartoons, and considered Disney’s first attempt at animated storytelling. Rather than using animation cels, it… Read more →
Cartoon: The Haunted Mouse, 1941 – Tex Avery – Looney Tunes
The Haunted Mouse is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Tex Avery. This film was the first cartoon written by Michael Maltese. This cartoon is also the first Looney Tune to be released as a one shot, which means there are no recurring characters in this cartoon. The short was released on February 15, 1941.
Lonely Wives – full movie
Lonely Wives is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Russell Mack and starring Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, and Laura La Plante. In 1959, the film entered the public domain in the USA due to the copyright claimants failure to renew the copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. It was released on DVD by Roan/Troma Entertainment in… Read more →
Hands Up!, 1926
Hands Up! is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger, co-written by Monte Brice and Lloyd Corrigan, and starring Raymond Griffith, one of the great silent movie comedians. The film features fictional incidents involving actual historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Brigham Young, and Sitting Bull.
Steamboat Willie, 1928 starring Mickey Mouse
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black and white by Walt Disney Studios and was released by Pat Powers, under the name of Celebrity Productions. The cartoon is considered the debut of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse, although both characters appeared several months earlier in a… Read more →
