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The Phantom Planet is a 1961 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Fred Gebhardt, directed by William Marshall, that stars Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, and Francis X. Bushman. The film was released in the U.S. by American International Pictures as a double feature with Assignment Outer Space. Plot: In 1980, the United States Air Force’s... Read more → The post The Phantom Planet, 1961 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

Cosmos: War of the Planets (also released in Europe as Year Zero: War In Space) is a 1977 Italian film directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring John Richardson. It is considered a remake of the 1965 film Planet of the Vampires. It was also released as War of the Planets (not to be confused with the 1965 Antonio Margheriti film... Read more → The post Cosmos: War of the Planets, 1977 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

13 Frightened Girls (also known as The Candy Web) is a 1963 Pathécolor Cold War spy film directed and produced by William Castle. Kathy Dunn stars as a teenage sleuth who finds herself embroiled in international espionage. Castle, who was famous for promoting his films with gimmicks, generated publicity by advertising for girls from 13 countries to compete for parts... Read more → The post 13 Frightened Girls, 1963 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

The East Is Red (simplified Chinese: 东方红; traditional Chinese: 東方紅; pinyin: Dōngfāng Hóng), is a 1965 Chinese film directed by Wang Ping. It is a “song and dance epic” dramatizing the history of the Chinese Revolution and the Communist Party under the leadership of Mao Zedong, from the beginnings of the May Fourth Movement, to the Civil War against the... Read more → The post The East Is Red,1965 appeared first on Public Domain Movies. Liked the movie? Buy us a coffee !

Our Hospitality is a 1923 silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Released by Metro Pictures Corporation, the film uses slapstick and situational comedy to tell the story of Willie McKay, who gets caught in the middle of the infamous “Canfield”–”McKay” feud, an obvious satire of the real-life Hatfield–McCoy feud. It was a groundbreaking work for the comedy... Read more → The post Our Hospitality, 1923 starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

White Tiger is a 1923 American crime film directed by Tod Browning starring Priscilla Dean and featuring Wallace Beery in a supporting role. Tod Browning [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Info. The post White Tiger, 1923 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 film noir crime film directed by James Whale, starring Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore, and released by Universal Pictures. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. Plot: A district attorney... Read more → The post Wives Under Suspicion, 1938 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Covered Wagon is a 1923 American silent Western film released by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Cruze based on a novel by Emerson Hough about a group of pioneers traveling through the old West from Kansas to Oregon. J. Warren Kerrigan starred as Will Banion and Lois Wilson as Molly Wingate. On their quest they experience... Read more → The post The Covered Wagon, 1923 western appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Love Nest is a 1923 American short comedy silent film written and directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Plot: In order to escape from his life and his lost love, Keaton sets off on his small boat, Cupid, but runs into the whaling ship, The Love Nest. The whaler’s merciless captain (Joe Roberts) throws crew members overboard for even... Read more → The post The Love Nest, 1923 film starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Balloonatic is a 1923 American short comedy film co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It was one of Keaton’s final short films. Plot: A young man (Keaton) has a series of encounters in an amusement area, much like Coney Island, until happening upon a group of men preparing a hot air balloon for launch. The young man assists the... Read more → The post The Balloonatic, 1923 starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Shock is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Lon Chaney as a cripple named Wilse Dilling. The film was based on a story by William Dudley Pelley. This is one of the rare Lon Chaney films where he gets the girl. Plot: In 1906, Wilse Dilling (Lon Chaney), a crippled gangster living like... Read more → The post The Shock, 1923 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Where the North Begins is a 1923 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. This was the third film for up-and-coming canine actor Rin Tin Tin. The film survives today. Production: Warner Brothers decided to invest $100,000 in producing the screenplay as written by Rin Tin Tin’s owner and trainer, Lee Duncan. Director Chester M. Franklin shot... Read more → The post Where the North Begins, 1923 starring Rin Tin Tin appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American Pre-Code, musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. The last third of the film, which was filmed in early Technicolor, is basically a Follies production, with cameo appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan, and Eddie Cantor. Rex Beach was paid $35,000 for the original story. The script... Read more → The post Glorifying the American Girl, 1929 musical appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Three Ages is a 1923 black-and-white American feature-length silent comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery. The first feature Keaton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in (unlike The Saphead (1920), in which he only acted), Keaton structured the film like three inter-cut short films. The structure also worked as a satire of D. W. Griffith’s 1916 film Intolerance.... Read more → The post Three Ages, 1923 starring Buster Keaton appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Scaramouche (1923) is a silent costume adventure based on the novel Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, directed by Rex Ingram, released by Metro Pictures, and starring Ramón Novarro, Alice Terry, Lewis Stone, and Lloyd Ingraham. Scaramouche will become public domain in the United States on January 1, 2019 Plot: André-Louis Moreau (Ramon Novarro) loves Aline de Kercadiou (Alice Terry), the niece... Read more → The post Scaramouche, 1923 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.