Your home for the wonderful world of films that have (in the United States, at least) fallen into the public domain, and are free for everyone to see
Kicking off Halloween season with a horror movie directed by Fracis Ford Coppola (yes, really) and a Popeye the Sailor cartoon involving bedsheet ghosts. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Dementia 13 (& “Spooky Swabs”)
Two classic films about journeying to mysterious lands beneath the Earth – one of ’em starring Superman! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Unknown World (& “The Underground World”)
One classic melodrama starring Conrad Veidt, and one classic cartoon comedy starring Felix the Cat. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Man Who Laughs (& “Land O’ Fancy”)
A classic film noir and a hilarious Merrie Melodies short! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (& “Sport Chumpions”)
A classic screwball comedy, and one of the very first Mickey Mouse cartoons! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Rage of Paris (& “The Gallopin’ Guacho”)
_(Fritz_Lang%2C_1928)-big.jpg)
An epic Fritz Lang spy drama and a hilarious cartoon short starring Private Snafu. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Spione (& “Censored”)
A 1958 thriller and the opening chapter to the third Flash Gordon film serial! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: I Bury the Living (& “Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe”)
F.W. Murnau’s Acadamy Award winning drama, and a classic cartoon from Fleischer Studios! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Sunrise – A Song of Two Humans (& “Jumping Beans”)
A goofy giant monster flick and an even goofier Daffy duck cartoon! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Yongary, Monster from the Deep (& “Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur”)
A Buster Keaton classic and the debut appearance of Mickey Mouse! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Steamboat Bill, Jr. (& “Steamboat Willie”)
A hilarious private eye spoof starring Bob Hope, and an also-hilarious cartoon romp starring Bugs Bunny! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: My Favorite Brunette (& “The Case of the Missing Hare”)
An adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s children’s fantasy classic, and another round of wacked out gags from those fine folks at Termite Terrace. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Peter Pan (& “Nutty News”)
Bela Lugosi’s most celebrated non-Dracula role, and the screen debut of Casper the Friendly Ghost! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: White Zombie (& “The Friendly Ghost”
A silent romantic comedy starring Clara Bow, and yet another madcap romp from the Three Stooges! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: It (& “Sing a Song of Six Pants”)
Basil Rathbone as an evil wizard, and Popeye the Sailor Man as “Cinderfella”. What’s not to love? Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Magic Sword (& “Ancient Fistory”)
We present some classic Westerns from the Silent Age of Cinema. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: 3 Bad Men (& “The Great Train Robbery”)
A classic film noir starring Lizabeth Scott, and a classic Looney Tunes short starring Daffy Duck! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Too Late for Tears (& “Daffy’s Southern Exposure”)
Presenting Fritz Lang’s 1927 science-fiction/German-expressionist classic, and an unsung animated gem starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Metropolis (& “The Mechanical Man”)
A gritty crime thriller and a totally gonzo Tex Avery cartoon! Two great tastes that go great together! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (& “Doggone Tired”)
Come enjoy Buster Keaton’s Battling Butler and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Adventurer”! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Battling Butler (& “The Adventurer”)
The sequel to Father Of The Bride, plus a Betty Boop cartoon! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Father’s Little Dividend (& “Betty Boop and Grampy”)
