Public Domain Movies https://publicdomainmovies.info/ Classic Movies in the Public Domain Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:55:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/publicdomainmovies.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Squared_color.resized_6.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Public Domain Movies https://publicdomainmovies.info/ 32 32 11037310 nopublic,domain,movies,freePublic Domain MoviesPublic Domain Movies Soup to Nuts, 1930 – The Three Stooges https://publicdomainmovies.info/soup-to-nuts-1930-the-three-stooges/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:55:18 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=53252 Soup to Nuts is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film written by cartoonist, sculptor, author, and inventor Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff. It was the film debut of the original four members who would later, minus Ted Healy, go on to become known as The Three Stooges comic trio (Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, and Larry Fine). Goldberg made... Read more →

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Soup to Nuts is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film written by cartoonist, sculptor, author, and inventor Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff. It was the film debut of the original four members who would later, minus Ted Healy, go on to become known as The Three Stooges comic trio (Shemp Howard, Moe Howard, and Larry Fine). Goldberg made a cameo appearance in the film as himself, opening letters in a restaurant. Several other comedians are also featured.

The U.S. copyright to Soup to Nuts expired, and the film entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.

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]]> 53252 Cartoon: No Buddy Atoll, 1945 – Private Snafu https://publicdomainmovies.info/cartoon-no-buddy-atoll-1945-private-snafu/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:29:16 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=37069 Private Snafu and a Japanese sailor simultaneously land on a deserted island, discover each other and fight it out until the private kills the sailor and attempts to sell his sword as a souvenir. Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943... Read more →

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Private Snafu and a Japanese sailor simultaneously land on a deserted island, discover each other and fight it out until the private kills the sailor and attempts to sell his sword as a souvenir.

Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the negative consequences of doing things wrong. The main character’s name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, “Situation Normal: All Fucked Up”. (The cleaned-up version of that phrase, usually used on radio and in print, was “Situation Normal: All Fouled Up”.)

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]]> 37069 In the Year 2889, 1967 https://publicdomainmovies.info/in-the-year-2889-1967/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:15:38 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=3512 In the Year 2889 (also known as Year 2889) is a 1967 made-for-television, post-apocalyptic science fiction film from American International Pictures about the aftermath of a future nuclear war. The film stars Paul Petersen, Quinn O’Hara, Charla Doherty, Neil Fletcher and Hugh Feagin. AIP commissioned low-budget cult film auteur Larry Buchanan to produce and direct this film as a color... Read more →

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In the Year 2889 (also known as Year 2889) is a 1967 made-for-television, post-apocalyptic science fiction film from American International Pictures about the aftermath of a future nuclear war. The film stars Paul Petersen, Quinn O’Hara, Charla Doherty, Neil Fletcher and Hugh Feagin. AIP commissioned low-budget cult film auteur Larry Buchanan to produce and direct this film as a color remake of Roger Corman’s 1955 film Day the World Ended.

In the Year 2889’s title is borrowed from a short story of the same title by Jules Verne and his son, Michael Verne.

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]]> 3512 Suddenly, 1954 film noir starring Frank Sinatra https://publicdomainmovies.info/suddenly-1954-film-noir-starring-frank-sinatra/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:08:30 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=3507 Suddenly is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen with a screenplay written by Richard Sale. The drama stars Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden, and features James Gleason and Nancy Gates, among others. The story concerns a small Californian town whose tranquility is shattered when the train of the President of the United States is scheduled... Read more →

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Suddenly is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen with a screenplay written by Richard Sale. The drama stars Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden, and features James Gleason and Nancy Gates, among others.

The story concerns a small Californian town whose tranquility is shattered when the train of the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town, and a hired assassin and his henchmen take over a home as a perfect location to assassinate the president.

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]]> 3507 Cartoon: The Picnic, 1930 – Mickey Mouse https://publicdomainmovies.info/cartoon-the-picnic-1930-mickey-mouse/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:24:43 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=53138 The Picnic is a 1930 American animated short film directed by Burt Gillett and produced by Walt Disney. It was first released on October 9, 1930, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the twenty-third Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the eighth of that year. The cartoon is notable as the first appearance of a pet... Read more →

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The Picnic is a 1930 American animated short film directed by Burt Gillett and produced by Walt Disney. It was first released on October 9, 1930, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the twenty-third Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the eighth of that year.

The cartoon is notable as the first appearance of a pet dog called “Rover”, an early version of a character that was renamed Pluto six months later, in the April 1931 cartoon The Moose Hunt.

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]]> 53138 Cartoon: Pantry Panic, 1941, a Woody Woodpecker cartoon https://publicdomainmovies.info/cartoon-pantry-panic-1941-a-woody-woodpecker-cartoon/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:58:22 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=37022 Pantry Panic is the third animated cartoon short in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on November 24, 1941, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. This is the only cartoon of when Woody doesn’t say “Guess Who?”, although his trademark laugh is still present. Buy a subscription to watch this movie and hundreds... Read more →

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Pantry Panic is the third animated cartoon short in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on November 24, 1941, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

This is the only cartoon of when Woody doesn’t say “Guess Who?”, although his trademark laugh is still present.

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]]> 37022 The Dawn Patrol, 1930 Academy Award for Best Story https://publicdomainmovies.info/the-dawn-patrol-1930-academy-award-for-best-story/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:53:22 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=53117 The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 American pre-Code World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks, a former World War I flight instructor, who even flew in the film as a German pilot in an uncredited role. The Dawn Patrol won the Academy Award for Best Story for John Monk Saunders,... Read more →

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The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 American pre-Code World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks, a former World War I flight instructor, who even flew in the film as a German pilot in an uncredited role.

The Dawn Patrol won the Academy Award for Best Story for John Monk Saunders, an American writer said to have been haunted by his inability to get into combat as a flyer with the U.S. Air Service. It was subsequently remade in 1938 with the same title, and the original was then renamed Flight Commander and released later as part of the Warner Bros. film catalog.

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]]> 53117 Miss London Ltd., 1943 musical https://publicdomainmovies.info/miss-london-ltd-1943-musical/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:53:26 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=3500 Miss London Ltd. is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, musical, war film, directed by Val Guest and starring Ronald Shiner as Sailor Meredith and Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowman. It was produced by Edward Black, Maurice Ostrer, Fred Gunn and Gainsborough Pictures. Plot: This musical comedy playing in wartime London, stars Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowman alias Miss London, the... Read more →

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Miss London Ltd. is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, musical, war film, directed by Val Guest and starring Ronald Shiner as Sailor Meredith and Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowman. It was produced by Edward Black, Maurice Ostrer, Fred Gunn and Gainsborough Pictures.

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This musical comedy playing in wartime London, stars Arthur Askey as Arthur Bowman alias Miss London, the name of the escort agency he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner, Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall), as she inherited the other half of the Agency from her parents, who just arrived from abroad. The first thing she accomplishes is to clean up the office, together with her partner. Then they have to renew the files of escort-Ladies. In order to do so, each of them goes searching in different places. Arthur Bowman is assigned to the railway station and finally he finds railway clerk Gail Martin (Anne Shelton) to hire. The opening sequence of the film features the latter singing “The 8.50 Choo Choo For Waterloo Choo” at Waterloo station before she is recruited by Bowman for his agency. As usual, Ronald Shiner’s character of Sailor Meredith plays a decisive role.

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]]> 3500 The Big House, 1930 https://publicdomainmovies.info/the-big-house-1930/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:45:51 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=53079 The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. As one of the first prison movies, it inspired many others of this... Read more →

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The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement.

As one of the first prison movies, it inspired many others of this genre.

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]]> 53079 Under Western Stars, 1938 western starring Roy Rogers https://publicdomainmovies.info/under-western-stars-1938-western-starring-roy-rogers/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:44:50 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=3495 Under Western Stars is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, and the Maple City Four. Written by Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a populist singing cowboy who decides to run for Congress in order to seek federal assistance to help small ranchers... Read more →

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Under Western Stars is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, and the Maple City Four. Written by Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a populist singing cowboy who decides to run for Congress in order to seek federal assistance to help small ranchers regain their water rights during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. His campaign comes into conflict with greedy water company executives.

Under Western Stars was the first starring role for Rogers, made under contract to Republic Pictures. It was filmed on location in the Alabama Hills of Lone Pine, California. The film’s song “Dust”, written by Johnny Marvin, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.[1] In 2009, Under Western Stars was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant and will be preserved for all time.

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]]> 3495 Madam Satan, 1930 directed by Cecil B. DeMille and one of the oddest films DeMille made https://publicdomainmovies.info/madam-satan-1930-directed-by-cecil-b-demille-and-one-of-the-oddest-films-demille-made/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:45:18 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=53043 Madam Satan or Madame Satan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, and Roland Young. Madam Satan has been called one of the oddest films DeMille made and certainly one of the oddest MGM made... Read more →

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Madam Satan or Madame Satan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, and Roland Young.

Madam Satan has been called one of the oddest films DeMille made and certainly one of the oddest MGM made during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Thematically, this marked an attempt by DeMille to return to the boudoir comedies genre that had brought him financial success about 10 years earlier.

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]]> 53043 Jack and the Beanstalk, 1952 film with Abbott and Costello https://publicdomainmovies.info/jack-and-the-beanstalk-1952-film-with-abbott-and-costello/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:41:58 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=3485 Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1952 American family comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is a comic revision of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. Plot: Mr. Dinkle and Jack (Abbott and Costello) look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly (Dorothy Ford), but he... Read more →

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Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1952 American family comedy film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is a comic revision of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale.

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Mr. Dinkle and Jack (Abbott and Costello) look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly (Dorothy Ford), but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer (Buddy Baer). Polly assigns Dinkle and Jack to babysit for Eloise Larkin’s brother and infant sister, while Eloise (Shaye Cogan) and her fiancé (James Alexander) are out for the evening. The babysitting duties are complicated by the fact that Donald (David Stollery) is something of a prodigy, as well as a self-proclaimed “problem child”. The dull-witted Jack is soon outclassed by the child, and an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk (Jack’s “favorite novel”) aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack’s incompetence, Donald reads the story instead–a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale.

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]]> 3485 Cartoon: Target Snafu – Private Snafu https://publicdomainmovies.info/cartoon-target-snafu-private-snafu/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 05:37:47 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=23140 Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the... Read more →

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Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the negative consequences of doing things wrong. The main character’s name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, “Situation Normal: All Fucked Up”. The cleaned-up version of that phrase, usually used on radio and in print, was “Situation Normal: All Fouled Up”.

The series was directed by Chuck Jones and other prominent Hollywood animators, and the voice of Private Snafu was performed by Mel Blanc.

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]]> 23140 The Beverly Hillbillies, 1962 (serial) Episode 4 https://publicdomainmovies.info/the-beverly-hillbillies-1962-serial-episode-4/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:35:06 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=36956 The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the Ozarks region who move to posh Beverly Hills, California after striking oil on their land. The show... Read more →

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The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family from the Ozarks region who move to posh Beverly Hills, California after striking oil on their land. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by writer Paul Henning. It was followed by two other Henning-inspired “country cousin” series on CBS: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres, which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-to-city model of The Beverly Hillbillies.

The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20 most-watched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the number one series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes in history. It accumulated seven Emmy nominations during its run. The series remains in syndicated reruns, and its ongoing popularity spawned a 1993 film remake by 20th Century Fox.

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]]> 36956 It’s a Joke, Son!, 1947 https://publicdomainmovies.info/its-a-joke-son-1947/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:26:59 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=3475 It’s a Joke, Son! is a 1947 American film directed by Benjamin Stoloff featuring radio comedian Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn; the inspiration for the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. The film was the first American production of Eagle-Lion Films and although the film was produced on a very small budget compared to other Hollywood films at the time, it... Read more →

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It’s a Joke, Son! is a 1947 American film directed by Benjamin Stoloff featuring radio comedian Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn; the inspiration for the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. The film was the first American production of Eagle-Lion Films and although the film was produced on a very small budget compared to other Hollywood films at the time, it was a box-office disappointment, with one theater chain removing the film from theaters after less than a week after it only drew $1,000 in ticket sales.

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When the Daughters of Dixie nominate Magnolia Claghorn as a candidate for State Senator, the local political machine run by Northerners fears its candidate will be defeated. Through the Claghorns’ daughter’s boyfriend Jeff, the machine gets the idea to run Magnolia’s husband Beauregard as a candidate in order to split the anti-machine vote.

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]]> 3475 Cartoon: Hungry Hoboes, 1928 – Oswald the Lucky Rabbit https://publicdomainmovies.info/cartoon-hungry-hoboes-1928-oswald-the-lucky-rabbit/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:22:12 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=52928 Hungry Hobos (alternate spelling: Hungry Hoboes) is a silent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released by Universal Studios on May 14, 1928. It had been lost since before World War II and was rediscovered in November 2011. Buy a subscription to watch this movie and hundreds more: Ready to watch? Click to start your free trial. Watch anywhere. Cancel anytime.... Read more →

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Hungry Hobos (alternate spelling: Hungry Hoboes) is a silent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released by Universal Studios on May 14, 1928.

It had been lost since before World War II and was rediscovered in November 2011.

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]]> 52928 Doomsday Machine, 1972 film https://publicdomainmovies.info/doomsday-machine-1972-film/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:18:05 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=3470 Doomsday Machine, also known as Escape from Planet Earth (video title), is an American science fiction film filmed in 1967 but completed without the original cast or sets in 1972. Plot: A spy (Essie Lin Chia (fr)) discovers that the Chinese government has created a doomsday device (the “key” to which, “only Chairman Mao has”) capable of destroying the Earth... Read more →

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Doomsday Machine, also known as Escape from Planet Earth (video title), is an American science fiction film filmed in 1967 but completed without the original cast or sets in 1972.

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A spy (Essie Lin Chia (fr)) discovers that the Chinese government has created a doomsday device (the “key” to which, “only Chairman Mao has”) capable of destroying the Earth and it will be activated in 72 hours. Soon after, Astra – a two-year return mission to Venus by the United States Space Program – has its time of launch speeded up and half of the male flight crew are replaced by women shortly before take-off, including one Russian. Shortly before blastoff military alerts are put into effect.

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]]> 3470 Monte Carlo, 1930 https://publicdomainmovies.info/monte-carlo-1930/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:39:45 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=52909 Monte Carlo is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It co-stars Jack Buchanan as a French Count Rudolph Falliere masquerading as a hairdresser and Jeanette MacDonald as Countess Helene Mara. The film is notable for introducing the song “Beyond the Blue Horizon”, which was written for the film and is first performed by MacDonald and... Read more →

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Monte Carlo is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It co-stars Jack Buchanan as a French Count Rudolph Falliere masquerading as a hairdresser and Jeanette MacDonald as Countess Helene Mara. The film is notable for introducing the song “Beyond the Blue Horizon”, which was written for the film and is first performed by MacDonald and a chorus on the soundtrack as she escapes on the train through the countryside. Monte Carlo was hailed by critics as a masterpiece of the newly emerging musical film genre. The screenplay was based on the Booth Tarkington novel Monsieur Beaucaire.

Due to the film being published in 1930, it entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.

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]]> 52909 The Big Parade, 1925 https://publicdomainmovies.info/the-big-parade-1925/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:14:45 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=8527 The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O’Brien, and Karl Dane. Written by World War I veteran, Laurence Stallings, the film is about an idle rich boy who joins the US Army’s Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War... Read more →

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The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O’Brien, and Karl Dane. Written by World War I veteran, Laurence Stallings, the film is about an idle rich boy who joins the US Army’s Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes a friend of two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

The film has been praised for its realistic depiction of warfare, and it heavily influenced a great many subsequent war films, especially All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). The Big Parade is regarded as one of the greatest films made about World War I, and in 1992 it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

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]]> 8527 Holiday, 1930 https://publicdomainmovies.info/holiday-1930/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:36:24 +0000 https://publicdomainmovies.info/?p=52883 Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée’s family. It stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames and Hedda Hopper. It was produced and released by Pathé Exchange. The film was adapted by Horace... Read more →

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Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée’s family. It stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames and Hedda Hopper. It was produced and released by Pathé Exchange.

The film was adapted by Horace Jackson from the 1928 play by Philip Barry. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith.

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