Public Domain Movies

A Message From Mars, 1913

A Message from Mars is a 1913 British science fiction silent film directed by J.Wallett Waller. According to the British Film Institute, it is the first British science-fiction film. The… Read more →

The Big Cat is a 1949 American outdoor action film in Technicolor directed by Phil Karlson. The cast included Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Skip Homeier,… Read more →

Cartoon: Pleased to Eat You, 1950 – Noveltoons

“Pleased to Eat You” is an American animated cartoon part of the series Noveltoons directed by Isadore Sparber, written by Larz Bourne, and produced by Famous Studios, featuring The Hungry… Read more →

Cartoon: Private Snafu, Operation Snafu, 1945

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… Read more →

The Phantom Empire, 70 mins feature film

The Phantom Empire is a 1935 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross. This 12-chapter… Read more →

Cartoon: A Close Call, 1929

A Close Call is a 1929 animated short film which is part of the early sound cartoon series entitled Aesop’s Sound Fables. It was produced by The Van Beuren Corporation… Read more →

The Woman in Green, with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson

The Woman in Green is a 1945 American film, the eleventh of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle, starring Basil Rathbone as… Read more →

Long Pants, 1927 directed by Frank Capra and starring Harry Langdon

Long Pants (also known as Johnny Newcomer) is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Harry Langdon. Additional cast members include Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe,… Read more →

Cartoon: Africa, 1930 with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Africa is a 1930 Walter Lantz cartoon short featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Plot: Oswald is riding through the Egyptian desert on his camel. The camel, though looking real on… Read more →

The Southerner, 1945

The Southerner is a 1945 American drama film directed by Jean Renoir and based on the 1941 novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand by George Sessions Perry. The film received… Read more →