Public Domain Movies - Feature Films

The Man I Love


The Man I Love (1929) is a part-talking sound film

A prizefighter (Arlen) is struggling to be a champ and is in love with a good girl (Brian) but also involved with a society beauty (Baclanova) at the same time.

Cast
Richard Arlen as Dum-Dum Brooks
Mary Brian as Celia Fields
Olga Baclanova as Sonia Barondoff
Harry Green as Curly Bloom
Jack Oakie as Lew Layton
Pat O'Malley as D.J. McCarthy
Leslie Fenton as Carlo Vesper
Charles Sullivan as Champ Mahoney

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Norma Shearer

The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1929 American pre-Code film starring Norma Shearer.

Mary Dugan, a Broadway showgirl, is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover and goes on trial for her life. When her defense counsel appears to bungle his job, Mary's brother Jimmy, a newly licensed attorney, jumps into the case to defend his sister. Jimmy's courtroom style is unconventional, but he seems to be holding his own against the prosecuting attorney... until a surprise testimony changes the course of the trial.

Broadway Babies

Alice White, Charles Delaney

Broadway Babies, aka Broadway Daddies (UK) and Ragazze d'America (Italy), is a 1929 all-talking Pre-Code black and white American musical drama film.

Behind That Curtain

Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Gilbert Emery

Behind That Curtain is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) Pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Lois Moran and Gilbert Emery.

The Man and the Moment

Billie Dove, Rod La Rocque

The Man and the Moment is a 1929 American sound part-talkie romantic comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Billie Dove. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.

Dangerous Curves

Clara Bow, Richard Arlen

Dangerous Curves is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Clara Bow and Richard Arlen.

Pat Delaney is working in a circus as one of the female bareback riders. She is in love with Larry Lee, an arrogant trapeze artist and the circus's biggest act. He does not seem to notice her, though, as he is used to being adored by tons of women. He is in a relationship with Zara, a manipulative vamp.

The Flying Fool

William Boyd, Russell Gleason, Marie Prevost

The Flying Fool is a 1929 aviation-themed film

After an World War I aerial battle over French lines, Bill Taylor (William Boyd) is honoured as an ace. After the war, he continues flying as a barnstormer, known as the "Flying Fool". His kid-brother, Jimmy (Russell Gleason), is one of his crew. Jimmy falls in love with a nightclub singer, Pat Riley (Marie Prevost). His older-brother worries that Jimmy may be involved with the wrong kind of girl.

Paris Bound

Ann Harding, Fredric March

Paris Bound is a 1927 play by Philip Barry. It was made into a film of the same name in 1929, directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Ann Harding and Fredric March.

The Divine Lady

Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi

The Divine Lady is a 1928 American pre-Code synchronized sound historical drama film. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It stars Corinne Griffith and tells the story of the love affair between Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton.

Thunderbolt

George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Tully Marshall, Eugenie Besserer

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 Marshall and Eugenie Besserer. It tells the story of a criminal, facing execution, who wants to kill the man in the next cell for being in love with his former girlfriend.

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