Public Domain Movies

Midnight Manhunt (1945) starring William Gargan, Ann Savage, George Zucco A dead body is discovered in a wax museum and two rival reporters compete to break the story in this fast-paced, tough-talking crime caper. Renowned criminal Joe Wells is shot in his hotel room and stumbles into a wax museum, where office boy Clutch (Leo Gorcey) sweeps the floor and butchers the English language ("I figured it out by the process of mental reduction"). Feisty reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage) discovers Wells' body and rushes to file the scoop, but is interrupted when her part-time lover and news colleague Pete Willis (William Gargan) learns of the story. Tensions flare up even more when Wells' killer (George Zucco) corners Sue in search of the corpse, unaware that Clutch has found it and moved it out of the museum!

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946) starring Mickey Rooney, Bonita Granville, Dorothy Ford, Lewis Stone In a bittersweet entry in the series, Love Laughs at Andy Hardy takes the title seriously. Andy returns home from World War II, and hopes to return to college. And, to reignite his romance with Kay. There are the normal shenanigans, such as locking himself out of the house, or the big dance with 6’2″ Coffy. She’s one of the nicest people in the movie, in fact. https://family-friendly-movies.com/comedy/love-laughs-at-andy-hardy/

Out of the Inkwell - Fishing (November 21, 1921) - a Max Fleischer animated short, with Koko the Clown. Max and friend want to go fishing, and he sets up Koko to do the same in his animated world. But then a frog and a mermaid cause issues …

Inkwell Imps - Koko's Courtship (1928) from Max Fleischer's animation studio, enjoy Koko's Courtship. A mixture of live action & animation, Koko the Clown tries to show a young man the RIGHT way to romance a girl. Unfortunately, he doesn't know anything about it! And his dog's no help, either, Beautifully done, both funny & sweet.

Pollyanna 1920 is the silent comedic drama that tells the story of an orphan sent to live with her uncaring Aunt Polly. Pollyanna's joyous love for life is deeply compelling and affects the embittered Polly after an act of sacrifice puts the young girl's life in danger. Pollyanna's optimism eventually spreads throughout the New England town where she now lives, changing it and the people for the better.

The Master Mystery part K - in this installment of "The Master Mystery", our hero Houdini has been captured again, this time he's tied up in barbed wire and left in the path of acid! Of course, he escapes (damaging his suit), rescues his lady fair, which leads into the next installment … https://family-friendly-movies.com/action-movie/the-master-mystery/

In The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, a man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband. She believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.

In Captain January, Shirley Temple lives with a lighthouse keeper (Guy Kibble)who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives. Buddy Ebsen dances "At The Codfish Ball" with Shirley.

The East Side Kids throw Hank (Gabriel Dell) out of the gang when he starts working for crook Butch Brocalli. Danny earns a reward by being instrumental in Butch's arrest, and wants to surprise everyone by buying baseball uniforms for the boys. Muggs, however, mistakenly assumes that Danny is trying to keep the money - so he and other gang members force Danny to turn over the cash so they can buy an old car. Danny is seriously beaten when Brocalli escapes.The gang members offer to sell their newfound car to pay for Danny's much needed operation, but a kind-hearted brain surgeon, Dr. Ornsby, comes up with his own solution. One of the most serious of the Monogram comedies, Leo Gorcey's dramatic prayer for Danny's recovery is a rare and unforgettable moment in theEast Side Kidsseries.

Africa Screams (1949) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Hillary Brooke, Joe Besser, Shemp Howard Abbott and Costello’s movie, Africa Screams, has Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, working as book sellers. They connive their way onto a trip to Africa, where Hillary Brooke is looking for diamonds …. And is willing to sell Lou to a hungry witchdoctor!

The Dentist (1932) starring W. C. Fields - a very funny comedy short, where W. C. Fields cares more about golf than his patients, his daughter wants to marry an ice man, and several hilarious scenes in the dentist's chair!

Father's Little Dividend (1951) starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor Academy Award winners Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy return in their starring roles from "Father of the Bride" in this delightful comedy of battling in-laws--Father's Little Dividend. Stanley and Ellie Banks (Tracy and Joan Bennett) have barely had time to recover from their daughter's (Taylor) wedding when they learn they are to be grandparents. Their dreams of peace and quiet are soon shattered by baby wails and dirty diapers!

The Master Mystery part J - Houdini plays the spy in a restaurant, and *thinks* he's convinced the female antagonist to turn against her boyfriend. But, it's all a trap, ending with Houdini being captured -- again -- this time with barbed wire! https://family-friendly-movies.com/action-movie/the-master-mystery/

His Musical Career (1 reel) (1914) - Keystone silent comedy Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain are hired to deliver a piano to one address, and repossess a piano at a different address — and the inevitable mix-up occurs.

His New Mamma (1924) starring Harry Langdon His New Mamma: A farm lad's aging father thinks that the boy is after Dad's fiancée, so he banishes the young man, who heads to California. He gets employed to drive a cab, and through a fare, he meets a lovely young lady. His work takes him to the beach, where he sees Dad's fiancée with another man. He calls home and learns that she has deserted his father after cleaning him out. The lad and his lassie follow the woman and try to prevent her from marrying yet another rich man, but she's abetted by her chauffeur. Will our farm boy and his sweetie stop injustice from happening again?

In The Silent Command (1923) Capt. Decatur (Edmund Lowe) must stop a terrorist (Bela Lugosi in his first American film role) from destroying the Panama Canal and the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet

A Corny Concerto (1943) - a color Looney Tunes where conductor Elmer Fudd introduces the audience to "Tales from the Vienna Woods" (hunter Porky Pig, his hunting dog, and "helpless" prey Bugs Bunny) - a funny, silent bit. Then, it's "Blue Danube" as a lovely swan is taking her three swanlings out for a swim -- and a little black duckling wants to join! But despite having been rejected, when a hungry buzzard goes after his "siblings" it's the black duckling to the rescue!

The Master Mystery part H is damaged, which is a true pity. Houdini is captured (again), tied up & thrown in the river -- which he escapes. Later, he does his famous packing crate escape -- but we see him put *into* the crate, but sadly the escape itself is lost footage. After several more escapes & recaptures (lost footage, unfortunately) he's tied into the "chair of death" - the electric chair. https://family-friendly-movies.com/action-movie/the-master-mystery/

Girl Shy (1924) starring Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels Girl Shy(1924), where Harold is a small-time tailor's apprentice who can't speak to women. But nevertheless has penned a how-to book entitled "The Secret of Making Love." And on a train, he manages to make the acquaintance of the lovely Jobyna Ralston, and help her out. Can love bloom from this?

Daffy's Southern Exposure is a 1942 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes animated short directed by Norman McCabe. The cartoon was released on May 2, 1942, and stars Daffy Duck. What happens when Daffy Duck decides to NOT fly south for the winter?

The Electric House (1922) starring Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox First, The Electric House is a very different, but very funny, Buster Keaton silent short film. It deals with Buster, mistakenly hired after graduation by the Dean to rewire his house. Although he’s a botanist! But, with the aid of a book — Electricity Made Easy — he actually manages it. Much of the comedy comes from the automation in the house: https://famousclowns.org/buster-keaton/buster-keaton-movies/electric-house-1922/

Hold Anything is the third short in the Looney Tunes series from Warner Bros., released to theaters in October 1930. Featuring Bosko (the star of Looney Tunes shorts of that time). He's working on a construction site, with mice as bricklayers - who bear a striking resemblance to the star of Walt Disney cartoons. All goes well enough, until Bosko sees his girlfriend Honey working inside an office building …

Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur - a very funny Daffy Duck cartoon, set in prehistoric times, where a grumpy caveman (with his pet dinosaur Fido) simply want to catch some breakfast. Duck! It's what's for breakfast …

Three Ages (1923) starring Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery Buster Keaton's "Three Ages" (1923, 63 min.) is a silent comedy of truly epic proportions. This clever parody of D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" follows Buster's hard-luck romantic misadventures throughout world history: from the dawn of man in the Stone Age through the gladiator arenas of Ancient Rome to the city streets of the American Jazz Era.

Superman: Secret Agent (1943) - in the last of the 1940's Superman cartoons, he must rescue a secret agent, who's infiltrated a sabotage ring -- whose leader looks suspiciously like Schicklegruber …