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The Frozen North is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film is a parody of early western films, especially those of William S. Hart. The film was written by Keaton and Edward F. Cline (credited as Eddie Cline). The film runs for around 17 minutes. Sybil Seely and Bonnie Hill co-star in the... Read more → The post The Frozen North, 1922 starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

Hard Luck is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 22 minutes. For sixty years it was Keaton’s only major lost film until it was partially reconstructed in 1987, with the critical final scene (which Keaton called the greatest laugh-getting scene of his... Read more → The post Hard Luck, 1921 film starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Goat is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. Plot: Buster Keaton is walking by and peers through a barred window while captured murderer “Dead Shot Dan” is having his picture taken. Seeing that the photographer is looking away, Dan moves his head to the side and snaps a picture of Buster... Read more → The post The Goat, 1921 starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Haunted House is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 21 minutes. Plot: Keaton plays a teller at a successful bank. Unbeknownst to him, the manager at the bank and his gang are planning on pulling off a robbery and hiding in... Read more → The post The Haunted House, 1921 starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Return of Chandu is a 1934 American 12 episode fantasy film serial based on the radio series Chandu the Magician. It was produced by Sol Lesser and directed by Ray Taylor, and starred Béla Lugosi as Frank Chandler (aka Chandu the Magician). The serial was originally released to be booked by theaters in any one of three ways: as... Read more → The post The Return of Chandu, 1934 (serial) Chapter 1: The Chosen Victim appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Scarecrow is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The runtime is 19 minutes. One of the more memorable scenes of the film is the opening, where Buster and Joe Roberts share a small one room house that is filled with many space- and labor-saving... Read more → The post The Scarecrow, 1920 starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

A Woman was Charlie Chaplin’s ninth film for Essanay Films. It was made in Los Angeles at the Majestic Studio and released in 1915. Plot: A well-to-do family of three is asleep on a park bench. The father (Charles Insley) is awakened when a pretty girl (Margie Reiger) trips over his outstretched feet. The father is an incorrigible womanizer and... Read more → The post A Woman, 1915 film starring Charlie Chaplin appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

Royal Wedding is a 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen; it was his second film and the first he directed on his own. It was released as Wedding Bells in the United Kingdom. The story is set... Read more → The post Royal Wedding, 1951 starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Wizard of Oz is a 1925 American silent fantasy-adventure comedy film directed by Larry Semon, who also performs in the lead role as a Kansas farmhand and later in the story disguised as the Scarecrow. This production, which is the only completed 1920s adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, costars Dorothy Dwan as Dorothy,... Read more → The post The Wizard of Oz, 1925 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Silent Command is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards featuring Bela Lugosi as a foreign saboteur in his American film debut. The film, written by Anthony Paul Kelly and Rufus King, also stars Edmund Lowe, Alma Tell, and Martha Mansfield. The film depicts the story of Benedict Hisston (Lugosi), who is part of a... Read more → The post The Silent Command, 1923 featuring Bela Lugosi appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Adventurer is an American short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and is the last of the twelve films made under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation. Plot: Charlie Chaplin plays an escaped convict from the state penitentiary who, clad in his striped prison uniform, is on the run from prison guards. He skillfully... Read more → The post The Adventurer, 1917 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

Target for Today is a documentary film describing the preparation and mounting of a United States Army Air Forces raid on East Prussia It contains much combat footage of B-17 and B-24 bombers and named for the phrase used at briefings before air raids. The October 1943 footage was filmed during Eighth Air Force attacks on Nazi Germany industrial targets... Read more → The post Target for Today, 1944 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

Misbehaving Husbands is a 1940 American comedy of errors film directed by William Beaudine for Producers Releasing Corporation. The film had the working titles of At Your Age and Dummy Husbands. Harry Langdon, Betty Blythe, Esther Muir and others in the cast were stars in silent films. It was Gig Young’s film debut. Plot: Absent-minded department store owner Henry Butler... Read more → The post Misbehaving Husbands, 1940 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The Merry Frolics of Satan (French: Les Quat’Cents Farces du diable, literally The Four Hundred Tricks of the Devil) is a 1906 French silent film directed by and starring Georges Méliès. The film, an updated comedic adaptation of the Faust legend, follows the adventures of an engineer who barters with the Devil for superhuman powers and is forced to face... Read more → The post The Merry Frolics of Satan, 1906 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

Buck Rogers is a 1939 Universal serial film starring Buster Crabbe (who had previously played the title character in two Flash Gordon serials and would return for a third in 1940) as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde. It was based on the Buck Rogers character created by Philip Francis Nowlan, which had appeared in magazines... Read more → The post Buck Rogers in Planet Outlaws, 1953 (serial) All chapters appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !