Public Domain Movies - Feature Films

The Man Who Cheated Himself


"Tough cop helps his lover cover up the shooting of her wealthy husband. Mainstream noir, primarily distinguished by its acting and San Francisco visuals." - noir expert Spencer Selby Cast: Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane Wyatt, Lisa Howard. 81 min.

Jack and the Beanstalk

comedy, Fairy Tale

Abbott and Costello's version of Jack and Beanstalk

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

silent, Lon Chaney, Quasimodo

Early adaptation of the novel by Victor Hugo starring Lon Chaney. You can find out more about this movie on its IMDB page.

Made for Each Other

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jimmy Stewart plays John Horace 'Johnny' Mason, a young lawyer who marries Jane Mason (Carole Lombard) after only know her one day.

Inner Sanctum

noir, Fritz Leiber, Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes

An atmospheric little noir starring Charles Russell and Mary Beth Hughes. Fritz Leiber, Sr. (father of the famous author) has a cameo as a seer or psychic.

The Terror

horror, Thriller, pdmovies

A young officer in Napoleon's army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron where he discovers that she is the pawn of an old witch bent on driving the Baron to suicide.

The Goat

silent, comedy, Buster Keaton

Dumb luck sets some policemen on his trail -- after a series of innovative escapes, he gets mistaken for a murderer with a price on his head, which means the people that aren't chasing him are fleeing from him.

Young and Innocent (The Girl Was Young)

crime, Drama, Thriller, Alfred Hitchcock

A man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause.

The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

My Man Godfrey (1936)

William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette, Jean Dixon, Alan Mowbray, Mischa Auer, Pat Flaherty, Robert Light, Mystic Nights Videos

A ditzy socialite finds a homeless man for a scavenger hunt and then hires him as their butler.

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