Public Domain Movies

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/

Misbehaving Husbands (1940) aka Dummy Trouble, starring Harry Langdon, Betty Blythe Store owner Harry Langdon is accused of cheating on his wife, when someone sees him carrying a blonde mannequin -- no seriously! https://family-friendly-movies.com/comedy/misbehaving-husbands/

Bowery at Midnight (1942) starring Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay in Bowery at Midnight, Bela Lugosi is a kindly professor of psychology by day, operating a charitable mission by night, and a criminal who runs his gang from that mission as a cover. And …

The Monster Maker (1944) starring J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Wanda McKay A mad scientist, in love with a concert pianist's daughter, blackmails him for her hand - and money - by injecting him with a serum to induce a disfiguring disease https://family-friendly-movies.com/monster-movie/the-monster-maker/

Voodoo Man (1944) starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco - a mad scientist will stop at nothing to revive his dead wife. Even kidnapping and voodoo … https://family-friendly-movies.com/horror-movies/voodoo-man/

The Cat and the Canary 1927 - a very enjoyable haunted house movie, where an heiress is to inherit her uncle's estate - if she's proven sane. And then there's the escaped murderous lunatic to worry about. And …

Boys of the City - the second East Side Kids movie, the Bowery Boys are on their way to summer camp when they give a judge a lift to his gloomy mansion. After he later turns up dead, the kids find themselves searching dark passageways dominated by the sinister Minerva Urecal in their quest for the killer.

West of Hot Dog (1924) starring Stan Laurel in a solo short film. He's a tenderfoot on the way out West to claim an inheritance, gets held up by two criminals - one of which is the other inheritor https://famousclowns.org/laurel-and-hardy/movie-reviews-laurel-and-hardy/west-of-hot-dog/

Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee In Half Shot at Sunrise Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go AWOL in Paris, during World War I.

A Bucket of Blood (1959) starring Dick Miller - a horror comedy about a busboy who wants to impress the beatnik artists - but has no talent …

The Little Princess (1939) starring Shirley Temple The Little Princess is the classic Shirley Temple film where a little girl goes from riches to rags, searching for her father who is reported missing during the Second Boer War.

The Mysterious Island 1929 starring Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsdon An early color film, LOOSELY adapting Jules Verne's novel, The Mysterious Island. Mixing science fiction with betrayal, torture, undersea kingdom, and (of course) "monsters"