Public Domain Movies released in 1938

Billy the Kid Returns

After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him.

Where the Buffalo Roam

Tex Houston (Tex Ritter) returns to Santa Fe to find his Mother murdered. Foster (John Merton) runs the town and all crimes committed by his gang are blamed on Rogel (Karl Hackett) and his men. Foster makes Tex Marshal but this backfires when Tex enlists Rogel and his men and goes after Foster who he now knows is responsible for his Mother's death.

The Terror of Tiny Town

Comedy western with an all midget cast. You can read about it on its IMDb page. This film is already uploaded to the archives, but would not play when embedded, so I've reformatted it hoping that it can be embedded without errors.

Swing!

Mandy Jenkins, an African American cook for a wealthy white family in Birmingham, Alabama, discovers her husband Cornell is having an affair with Eloise Jackson. When she confronts her husband and Eloise at a nightclub, a violent fight ensues. Eloise leaves Birmingham and relocates to Harlem, getting a job as a cabaret vocalist under the stage name Cora Smith. She is followed to Harlem by her husband, Lem, who gets mixed up in the local crime scene. Mandy also arrives in New York, having left Cornell. She gets a job as the wardrobe mistress at the cabaret where Eloise is performing.

Sinners in Paradise

A seaplane departs for China. On board are a nurse escaping a loveless marriage to do work with refugees, a woman hoping to surprise her estranged son, a wealthy heiress trying to distance herself from labor troubles, an oily politician, a moll and a mobster fleeing the wrath of the gangs they've double-crossed, two rival munitions salesmen out to cash in on the misery of war, and a fresh-faced young steward. Caught in a course-altering storm, a crash-landing destroys the plane, kills the plane's officers, and tosses the surviving passengers into the sea.

Have You Got Any Castles?

A night in a small library. The characters of famous books come to life, referring to movie versions of these books.

Romance of the Limberlost

Boy Meets Dog

A Walter Lantz cartoon from the 1930s. "This cartoon, based on the "Reg'lar Fellers" comic strip, was originally made for Ipana Toothpaste and was going to be released theatrically. It never got released to theaters, but was eventually bought by Castle Films and released exclusively to the home movie market (with the plugs for Ipana Toothpaste removed)." (http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com)

The Rage of Paris

An enticing French girl named Nicole(Danielle Darrieux) has no employ and without rent. She is helped by an ex-actress (Broderick) and a maitre of New York city Hotel (Mischa Auer). They are planning a plot for snare a rich hubby and catch the eyes on Bill (Louis Hayward). The scheme works and the engagement is quickly publicized in the newspapers. But Bill's friend (Douglas Fairbanks J.R) knows the true intentions and the plans may be thwarted.

Mr. Wong, Detective

From IMDb: When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the first victim's company. Stars Boris Karloff, Grant Withers and Maxine Jennings The Mr. Wong series of films Mr.

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