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Bonanza is an American western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC’s longest-running western, and ranks overall as the second-longest-running western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS’s Gunsmoke), and within the top 10 longest-running, live-action American series. The show continues to air in... Read more → The post Bonanza, season 2, episode 6: “Denver McKee”, 1960 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Through the Back Door is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford, and starring Mary Pickford. By Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford (YouTube) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Info. The post Through the Back Door appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Black Pirate is a 1926 silent adventure film shot entirely in two-color Technicolor about an adventurer and a “company” of pirates. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, and Billie Dove. The Black Pirate was the third feature to be filmed in an early two-tone Technicolor process that had been first introduced in the 1922 feature Toll... Read more → The post The Black Pirate, starring Douglas Fairbanks appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Lone Ranger is a 1938 American Republic Movie serial based on the radio program of the same name. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic, the fourth western (a third of Republic’s serials were westerns) and the first Republic serial release of 1938. The following year a sequel serial The Lone Ranger Rides Again was... Read more → The post The Lone Ranger (serial), chapter 1: Hi-Yo Silver appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

For You I Die is a 1947 American film noir directed by John Reinhardt and featuring Cathy Downs, Paul Langton, Mischa Auer and Roman Bohnen. By John Reinhardt (https://archive.org/details/ForYouIDie) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Info. The post For You I Die, 1947 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1910 American silent fantasy film and the earliest surviving film version of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, made by the Selig Polyscope Company without Baum’s direct input. It was created to fulfill a contractual obligation associated with Baum’s personal bankruptcy caused by The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, from which... Read more → The post The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film) appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Hi De Ho (also known as Hi-De-Ho) is a 1947 American musical race movie that was released by All American and has an African-American cast. The film stars Cab Calloway. He performs a number of songs in the film, including a capella versions of “Minnie was a Hep Cat” and “St. James Infirmary” with his orchestra. The orchestra also provides... Read more → The post Hi-De-Ho (1947 musical) appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Jungle Book is a 1942 independent American Technicolor action-adventure film by the Hungarian Korda brothers, based on a screenplay adaptation by Laurence Stallings of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, about a wild boy who is kidnapped by villagers who are cruel to animals as they attempt to steal the jungle’s lost treasure that possesses people. The film was directed by... Read more → The post Jungle Book,1942 film appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Borrowed Wives is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer. Plot: Peter Foley (Rex Lease) is a beneficiary of his grandfather, who leaves him $800,000 in his will, on the condition that he gets married. Peter is very interested in getting the money, especially since he has debts, and plans to marry Alice Blake (Vera Reynolds) as... Read more → The post Borrowed Wives, 1930 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Attack! The Battle of New Britain is a documentary/propaganda film produced by the US military in 1944. It details, as its name implies, the New Britain campaign, which was part of the New Guinea and Solomon Islands Campaigns during World War II. The film follows a rather standard format: it is a chronological narrative of the campaign from the arrival... Read more → The post Attack! The Battle of New Britain appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Lost World is a 1925 American silent fantasy monster adventure film adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel of the same name. The film was produced by First National Pictures, a major Hollywood studio at the time, and stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger. It was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and featured pioneering stop motion special effects by... Read more → The post The Lost World (1925 film) appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Charade is a 1963 Technicolor American romantic comedy/mystery film directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. The cast also features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin. It spans three genres: suspense thriller, romance and comedy. Because Universal Pictures published the movie with... Read more → The post Charade (1963), Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in the “the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made” appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Mystery Liner is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by William Nigh, based on an Edgar Wallace story originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1924. The film was entered as a feature attraction at the 1934 International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art in Venice, Italy, the forerunner of the Venice Film Festival By William Nigh (William Nigh) [Public domain],... Read more → The post Mystery Liner, 1934 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1919 silent comedy-drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, and based on Jean Webster’s novel Daddy-Long-Legs. The film stars Mary Pickford. By Marshall Neilan (YouTube) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Info. The post Daddy-Long-Legs (1919 film) appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American horror film directed by William Castle. The film was written by Robb White and stars Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart as eccentric millionaires Frederick Loren and Annabelle Loren, who have invited five people to the house for a “haunted house” party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000.... Read more → The post House on Haunted Hill, with Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart appeared first on Public Domain Movies.