Public Domain Theater: It (& “Sing a Song of Six Pants”)
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”)
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Public Domain Theater: The Magic Sword (& “Ancient Fistory”)
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”)
Public Domain Theater: 3 Bad Men (& “The Great Train Robbery”)
We present some classic Westerns from the Silent Age of Cinema. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: 3 Bad Men (& “The Great Train Robbery”)
Public Domain Theater: Too Late for Tears (& “Daffy’s Southern Exposure”)
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”)
Public Domain Theater: Metropolis (& “The Mechanical Man”)
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”)
Public Domain Theater: The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (& “Doggone Tired”)
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”)
Public Domain Theater: Battling Butler (& “The Adventurer”)
Come enjoy Buster Keaton’s Battling Butler and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Adventurer”! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Battling Butler (& “The Adventurer”)
Public Domain Theater: Father’s Little Dividend (& “Betty Boop and Grampy”)
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”)
Public Domain Theater: Wings (& “Koko in 1999”)
A new year brings new films to the public domain! Come celebrate some of the best of 1927! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Wings (& “Koko in 1999”)
Public Domain Theater: The Phantom Creeps (& “The Bulleteers”)
Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist and Superman as a costume crime fighter! (Sadly, they don’t face off against each other.) Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Phantom Creeps (& “The Bulleteers”)
Public Domain Theater: Sherlock Holmes in ‘Dressed to Kill’ (& “Get Rich Quick Porky”)
Featuring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Porky Pig as … Porky Pig. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Sherlock Holmes in ‘Dressed to Kill’ (& “Get Rich Quick Porky”)
Public Domain Theater (Halloween Special): The Golem
Public Domain Theater brings you a spooky classic from the Silent Era of cinema! Continue reading Public Domain Theater (Halloween Special): The Golem
Public Domain Theater: Don’t Look in the Basement (& “The Haunted House”)
Presenting a gruesome 70’s horror flick, plus a ghost-themed comedy classic from Buster Keaton! Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Don’t Look in the Basement (& “The Haunted House”)
Public Domain Theater: TNT Jackson (& “Puss n’ Booty”)
Presenting a kung-fu/blaxploitation picture that could only come from the 70’s, and a Looney Tunes cartoon in the classic model of cat-and-mouse (or cat-and-bird in this case). Continue reading Public Domain Theater: TNT Jackson (& “Puss n’ Booty”)
Public Domain Theater: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (& “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp”)
Two animated classics based on The Thousand and One Nights: a feature length masterpiece of silhouette animation from Lotte Reiniger, and a Fleischer produced Aladdin adaptation, featuring the one, the only, Popeye the Sailor. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (& “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp”)
Public Domain Theater: That Uncertain Feeling (& “The Wabbit Who Came to Supper”)
Presenting the uproarious marriage-crisis comedy That Uncertain Feeling, plus the Bugs Bunny short The Wabbit Who Came To Supper Continue reading Public Domain Theater: That Uncertain Feeling (& “The Wabbit Who Came to Supper”)
Public Domain Theater: Last Woman on Earth (& “You Can Beat the A-Bomb”)
Featuring the Roger Corman post-apocalyptic thriller Last Woman On Earth, as well as the “educational” short “You Can Beat The A-Bomb” Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Last Woman on Earth (& “You Can Beat the A-Bomb”)
Public Domain Theater: The Gold Rush (& “The Frozen North”)
Presenting Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush (1925), and Buster Keaton’s The Frozen North (1922) Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Gold Rush (& “The Frozen North”)
Public Domain Theater: Hitler – Dead or Alive (& “Daffy – The Commando”)
Wise-cracking Americans take the fight to the Nazis in “Hitler – Dead or Alive” and the Looney Tunes short “Daffy – The Commando”. Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Hitler – Dead or Alive (& “Daffy – The Commando”)
Public Domain Theater: The Inner Circle (& “Susie the Little Blue Coupe”)
Presenting the 1946 mystery/thriller The Inner Circle, starring Adele Mara and Warren Douglas, and the Walt Disney Studios animate short “Susie the Little Blue Coupe” Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Inner Circle (& “Susie the Little Blue Coupe”)
Public Domain Theater (Double Feature): Gamera
Presenting two giant monster (a.k.a. kaiju) films from the Gamera series: 1965’s Gamera, the Giant Monster (a.k.a. Gammera the Invincible) & 1969’s Gamera vs. Guiron (a.k.a. Attack of the Monsters). Continue reading Public Domain Theater (Double Feature): Gamera