Public Domain Movies

In short, Creature from the Haunted Sea is a parody of the horror movie. It's a parody of the spy movie, gangster, and monster movies genre. It primarily spoofsThe Creature from the Black Lagoon, with an overly serious spy narrating the story.

The Lost World 1925 - the original silent adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, with explorers finding surviving dinosaurs. It features beautiful animation by Willis O'Brien. But more importantly, characters that we care about, and conflict between them. And a heartbreaking sacrifice by one member of the expedition.

In Eternally Yours, Anita Halstead (Loretta Young), swept off her feet by magician Arturo (David Niven), finds the results less than magical.

The Butcher Boy (1917) starring Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton A silent film comedy, with Fatty as the butcher, horsing around as the butcher in a general store with Buster Keaton in his first film role

Safety Last! (1923) starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis In Safety Last! Harold Lloyd plays a small-town fellow, trying to become a success in the big city. So he can afford to marry his sweetheart, of course. But he’s barely surviving on his pitiful salary as a department store clerk. Until he tries a desperate publicity stunt … https://famousclowns.org/harold-lloyd/harold-lloyd-movies/safety-last-harold-lloyd/

The General (1926) starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack Johnnie loves his train (“The General”) and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he’s more valuable as an engineer. But, Annabelle thinks it’s because he’s a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. So, Johnny must rescue them both. Review Buster Keaton’s The General is one of the best comedies ever made. It’s set during the Civil War, telling the story of a young man in the Confederate South. Buster actually based The General on a true story — but don’t take it for history. https://famousclowns.org/buster-keaton/buster-keaton-movies/the-general/

Oh Doctor! (1917) starring Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton A silent comedy movie where Fatty is a doctor, and a nasty family man, who gets snookered into losing his money at the horse races. And his bratty son Buster keeps getting picked on …

The Bashful Bachelor - the 2nd movie based on the Lum and Abner radio series. "Lum (Chester Lauck) courts spinster Geraldine (ZaSu Pitts) in the second installment of the popular Lum and Abner series. The chaste lovebirds fill evenings reading heroic tales of the knights of old. Romance is obvious between the two, however they are both too shy to express their true feelings. At the Jot 'Em Down General Store, an overflowing emporium of odd merchandise, Lum proposes a cockeyed plan to his business partner and best friend Abner (Norris Goff). Lum believes that if they stage several phony emergencies and he is able to rescue Abner in each one of these, his lady love, Geraldine will fall for him for sure, when he finally gets up the gumption to offer his hand in marriage. The plan goes hilariously awry as Lum and Abner's adventures lead them to realize that the truest heroic trait of all is modesty."

Lights of New York - first all-talking movie ""It's Hear!" the ads wittily declared, announcing yet another first from Warner Bros. Following up on the feature-with-synchronized-music Don Juan and the part-talkie feature The Jazz Singer, Warner Bros. pushed its Vitaphone sound-on-disc process to the apex -- an all-talkie feature. This brisk crime saga tells "a story that might have been torn out of last night's newspaper," an approach that would shortly become the studio's signature style. Small-town yokels Eddie (Cullen Landis) and Gene (Eugene Pallette) get suckered by a pair of bootleggers into buying a Manhattan barbershop that is really a speakeasy. While Eddie reconnects with his hometown honey-turned-chorus girl Kitty (Helene Costello), the boys get framed by a gangster who has the hots for Kitty. Despite its basic plot, this technological breakthrough went on to become a box-office smash, hastening the demise of silent cinema."

The Kid (1921) produced & directed by Charlie Chaplin. Starring Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan The Kid – Charlie Chaplin’s first full-length movie, and possibly his finest. Starring Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and a young Jackie Coogan https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/charlie-chaplin-movie-reviews/the-kid-1921-starring-charlie-chaplin-jackie-coogan-edna-purviance/

In Pay Day, Charlie Chaplin, as the Little Tramp, plays a humble working man confused about the amount of his paycheck and how to keep it away from his wife. Chaplin's final short film

Work (2 reels) (1915) Charlie the Little Tramp is gainfully employed as a paper hanger’s assistant. But the troubles all begin when they arrive at the job site, with a jealous husband, a cheating wife, and an exploding stove …

A Day's Pleasure (1919) starring Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance A Day's Pleasure is the story of a family man taking his wife and kids out for a boat ride. And he learns the hard way that anything that can go wrong, will! https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/short-films/a-days-pleasure/

The Gold Rush (1925) starring Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain - this is the original, silent version of the #CharlieChaplin silent comedy " The Gold Rush is one of Charlie Chaplin’s greatest films. Like all of his films starring the Little Tramp, it is a silent. It demonstrates very well why the silent movie is an art form in its’ own right. Modern clowns would do well to learn from a master of the art of pantomime by watching this film. It’s Chaplin at his finest. Chaplin and his crew do an excellent job of telling the story without dialog, and it moves from funny to poignant to sad to touching and back to funny again." https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/charlie-chaplin-movie-reviews/gold-rush-1925-starring-charlie-chaplin-georgia-hale-mack-swain/

In "A Submarine Pirate", a waiter steals a shrewd inventor's plans for a submarine. He then commandeers the craft to rob a bullion ship. Will he get away with it? Or learn that crime doesn't pay? Starring Sydney Chaplin, Charlie's brother

The Wind (1928) starring Lilian Gish A frail young woman from the east moves in with her cousin in the west, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.

The Man Who Laughs (1928) starring Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin Orphaned as a child, Gwynplaine (Conrad Veidt) is punished by the king for his father's transgressions by having his face carved into a hideous grin. Disfigured and alone, Gwynplaine rescues a blind girl named Dea (Mary Philbin), and both end up starring in a sideshow where they fall in love.

Speedy (1928) starring Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Byron Douglas Harold “Speedy” Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city’s last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend’s grandfather. https://famousclowns.org/harold-lloyd/harold-lloyd-movies/speedy-harold-lloyd/

The Circus (1928) produced & directed by Charlie Chaplin. Starring Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Garcia, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman Charlie Chaplin's classic silent film, The Circus - the scene with Chaplin on the high wire with the monkeys is worth the price all by itself https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/charlie-chaplin-movie-reviews/circus-1928-starring-charlie-chaplin-merna-kennedy/

Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Charlie Hall In Should Married Men Go Home?, an unexpected visit from Stan Laurel creates moments of awkwardness for Oliver Hardy and his wife, until Ollie agrees to join Stan on the golf course. Once there, the leisurely outing turns into mud-slinging mayhem. https://famousclowns.org/laurel-and-hardy/movie-reviews-laurel-and-hardy/should-married-men-go-home-laurel-and-hardy/

Earthworm Tractors (1936) starring Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbe, Dick Foran, Gene Lockhart In Earthworm Tractors, high-pressure tractor salesman Joe E. Brown is out to land his most difficult sale yet, to timberman Guy Kibbee, and pulls out all the stops https://family-friendly-movies.com/comedy/earthworm-tractors/

In My Dear Secretary, a romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his latest secretary. Although she's initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.

Nothing Sacred (1937) starring Fredric March, Carole Lombard, Charles Winninger In Nothing Sacred, gullible newspaper reporter Fredric March thinks Carole Lombard is terminally ill., She's not, but wants to visit New York City, so when he offers her an all-expenses paid visit …

Harry Houdini stars in Terror Island, a silent film that highlights his escape artistry. Philanthropist Harry Harper takes his new invention, a deep diving submarine, to the Pacific on a quest to bring back sunken treasure, in order to fund a children's charity. But the villain wants it for himself …

The City of the Dead, aka Horror Hotel (1960) starring Betta St. John, Denis Lotis, Christopher Lee The City of the Dead - a young college student goes to an obscure village, to research a paper on Witchcraft in old New England - but finds what she wasn't expecting. After her disappearance, her brother and fiancé come looking for her … https://family-friendly-movies.com/horror-movies/the-city-of-the-dead/