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Safety Last! is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd’s status as... Read more → The post Safety Last!, 1923 film starring Harold Lloyd appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Beat the Devil is a 1953 adventure comedy film. The film was directed by John Huston, and starred Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones and Gina Lollobrigida, and featured Robert Morley, Peter Lorre and Bernard Lee. Huston and Truman Capote wrote the screenplay, loosely based upon a novel of the same name by British journalist Claud Cockburn, writing under the pseudonym James... Read more → The post Beat the Devil, 1953 directed by John Huston, and starred Humphrey Bogart and Gina Lollobrigida appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Let There Be Light (1946) — known to the U.S. Army as PMF 5019 — is a documentary film directed by American filmmaker John Huston (1906–1987). It was the last in a series of three films directed by Huston while serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. Its portrayal of soldiers suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder... Read more → The post Let There Be Light, 1946 directed by John Huston appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

December 7th: The Movie is a 1943 propaganda film produced by the US Navy and directed by John Ford and Gregg Toland, about the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the event which sparked the Pacific War and American involvement in World War II. Production background: The film begins with a chronological breakdown of the events of December 7,... Read more → The post December 7th: The Movie, 1943 directed by John Ford appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Cry of Jazz is a 1959 documentary film by Ed Bland that connects jazz to African American history. It uses footage of Chicago’s black neighborhoods and performances by Sun Ra, John Gilmore, and Julian Priester interspersed with scenes of musicians and intellectuals, both black and white, conversing at a jazz club. It has been credited with predicting the urban... Read more → The post The Cry of Jazz, 1959 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

Back Pay is an extant 1922 silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage, produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a short story of the same name by Fannie Hurst, and stars Seena Owen. It was remade in 1930 as Back Pay for star Corinne Griffith. Cast: Seena Owen – Hester Bevins Matt Moore... Read more → The post Back Pay, 1922 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

McLintock! is a 1963 American western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The film co-stars Wayne’s son Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kruschen, Chill Wills and Yvonne DeCarlo (billed as “Special Guest Star”). Loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, the project was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision and produced... Read more → The post McLintock!, 1963 starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film with elements of film noir, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a drug addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. Although the addictive drug is never identified in... Read more → The post The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955 directed by Otto Preminger and starring Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

p Undercover, also known as Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines and How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines, is a 1943 Office of Strategic Services training film, directed by and featuring John Ford. It was edited by Ford’s longtime collaborator Robert Parrish. Undercover was Ford’s only sound film acting role, and was the first film ever produced by an... Read more → The post Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines, 1943 directed by John Ford appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (also called The St. Louis Bank Robbery, the film title in the opening credits) is a 1959 heist film. The film stars Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. The film is based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis.... Read more → The post The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, 1959 starring Steve McQueen appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

A Tale of Two Worlds is a 1921 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film stars several well-known actors including Leatrice Joy, Wallace Beery, Edythe Chapman, and J. Frank Glendon. The film has been preserved at the Library of Congress. Plot: Based upon a summary in a film publication,[4] Ah... Read more → The post A Tale of Two Worlds, 1921 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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 → The post In the Year 2889, 1967 appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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 → The post Suddenly, 1954 film noir starring Frank Sinatra appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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 → The post Miss London Ltd., 1943 musical appeared first on Public Domain Movies.

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 → The post Under Western Stars, 1938 western starring Roy Rogers appeared first on Public Domain Movies.