Public Domain Movies - Feature Films

Swing High, Swing Low

Drama, musical, romance

Taken from IMDB : In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she's forced to move in with Skid and his pal Harry. She soon falls in love with Skid. Skid gets a job playing the trumpet at a local club and becomes a big success.

Pool Sharks

comedy, short

W.C. Fields first comedy short. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

A Night in the Show

Silent, Comedy, Charles Chaplin

Charlie plays two roles as two spectators at a music-hall show. It has a few good laughs and also provides an interesting look at old-fashioned theater entertainment.

Angel and the Bad Man, The

Western, Romance, John Wayne

John Wayne plays Quirt Evans, a gunslinger with a nasty rep who is injured and nursed back to health by a Quaker family.

Raiders of Old California

Western

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

Charlie Chaplin's "Cruel Cruel Love"

Charlie Chaplin, Silents

Charlie Chaplin's 8th Film released March 26 1914 This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

Dead Men Walk

horror, George Zucco, Dwight Frye, pdmovies

After being killed by his twin brother, Elwyn Clayton rises from the grave as a vampire intent on ruining his brother's life. Find out more about this movie on it's IMDB page.

Boys of the City


Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.

The General

silent, comedy, romance, war, Buster Keaton

Complete version (other version on archive.org is missing 1st 4 minutes) Union solders have stolen The General, a Confederate train manned by Johnnie Gray, who was unable to enlist in the Confederate army because he is needed as an engineer. The Union plans to use the train to supply its soldiers in a sneak attack against the Confederates. But now it's up to Gray and his love, Annabelle Lee, to reclaim The General, recross enemy lines, and warn the Confederates.

Beyond Tomorrow

Drama, Fantasy, romance, Christmas

Three ghosts try to help two young lovers whom they knew when alive in this Christmas classic. IMDb

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