Jail Bait (1954) Directed by Edward D Wood Jr. A Howco Release A vicious criminal uses plastic surgery to escape the police.This movie features Steve Reeves (undubbed). This is the original version of the film released in 1954. This film was registered for copyright (1954 LP3883) and never renewed. It entered the public domain on 1 January 1983.
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Topics: Edward D Wood Jr, Mystery, Crime Thriller, Steve Reeves, Delores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Ed Wood
Larry Semon's 1925 film of The Wizard Of Oz. Features Oliver Hardy.
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Topics: Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy
An engineer at the throttle of a locomotive speeding through a tunnel sees the lights of a train approaching from the other end. Although the signals say the track is clear, he still sees the train's lights. He grinds the train to a halt, derailing it. He survives, but many passengers are killed. He is fired in disgrace, but sets out to prove his innocence by finding the "phantom express." File Format is 640x480 1500mbps Window Media Video
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Topics: Majestic Pictures, B Picture
In the thirteenth Rathbone/Bruce adventure, Holmes and Watson are charged with guarding a priceless diamond "The Star of Rhodesia" as it journeys to Scotland by train. There are all manner of weird and unusual passengers to contend with as well as a few menacing villains including the notorious Col Sebastian Moran. Copyright Status: PUBLIC DOMAIN Registered for copyright under LP182 on 8 Feb 1946. TERROR BY NIGHT. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., C1946. 6 reels, sd. Adapted from a story...
Topics: Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Alan Mowbray, Harry Cording, Arthur...
Three cheap musical boxes (each one playing a subtly different version of "The Swagman"), manufactured in Dartmoor Prison, are sold at a local auction house. However, a criminal gang is determined to steal and recover all three, even if it means committing murder. Sherlock Holmes tries to recover the music boxes and crack the secret code contained in the tune before the gang can get what they want. This version is slightly better quality that the other versions available on the...
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Topics: Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morrison, Holmes Herbert, Harry Cording,...
The Eye Creatures (also known as Attack of the Eye Creatures, or Attack of the the Eye Creatures from a production error) is a 1965 science-fiction film about an invasion of an unnamed American countryside by a flying saucer and its silent, shambling alien occupants. While the military ineptly attempts to stop the invasion, a group of young people, whose reports to the local police are dismissed as pranks or wild imagination, struggle to defend themselves against the menacing monsters. Sound...
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Topics: Sci-Fi, Aliens, Larry Buchanan
Paulette Goddard and Pedro Armendariz star in this story about a revolutionary who takes over a small Mexican town. The townspeople begin to argue about whether to resist him or join him. This is a Spanish print of a US/Mexican Co-production. The dialogue is in English the titles and subtitles are in Spanish.
Topics: Feature Films, Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendariz, Spanish Subtitles, Mexico
Very early R M Savini produced Shirley Temple short.
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Topics: Shirley Temple, Short, Comedy, R.M Savini, baby, toddler, war, novelty
The 11th film in the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes series, "The Woman In Green" explores Professor Moriarty's plan to blackmail wealthy gentlemen, making them think they murdered the young female victims of a Jack The Ripper style serial killer. This is a slightly better print than the others already available on the Internet Archive. Copyright Status: PUBLIC DOMAIN Registered for copyright LP13455 25 July 1945: THE WOMAN IN GREEN. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1945. 7 reels, sd....
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Topics: Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Henry Daniel, Hillary Brooke, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur...
Comedy short featuring Shirley Temple
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Topic: Shirley Temple, comedy, short
Season 2 Episode 12 This is the only episode of the Thriller series to enter the Public Domain. It stars and is directed by John Newland of One Step Beyond fame.
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Topics: Classic TV, Thriller, Boris Karloff, John Newland
A 1927 Fox newsreal interview with the author and spiritualist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He speaks about his greatest literary creation, Sherlock Holmes, and his work in spiritualism.
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Topics: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Spiritualism
This is a rare retrospective on Bob Hope's command performances for US troops all over the world since WWII. Features appearances by John F Kenedy, Betty Grable, Betty Hutton, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland and Lana Turner. There are some noticable cuts where short segments of the program are missing.
Topics: Classic TV, Hollywood, Bob Hope, TV Special, John F Kenedy, Betty Grable, Betty Hutton, Frank...
Some different prints of the all-time classic. 1. Raw untouched video master - how the film has been seen on late night TV and PD video's and DVDs for years. 2. A remastered version of the film presented in HD. 3. Rare international widescreen theatrical release print presented 16:9 enhanced. Copyright Status: PUBLIC DOMAIN Published without a valid Copyright Notice. Type of Work: Cancelled Registration Cancelled Registration Number: PA0000046101 PA reg. cancelled. Published pre ’78 without...
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Topics: horror, zombie, low budget, independent
Cleopatra is a silent film created in 1912 by Helen Gardner and the Helen Gardner Picture Players. The film, in which Gardner stars in the title role, was based on a play written by Victorien Sardou. In a series of elaborately staged tableaux, it depicts Cleopatra (Gardner) and her love affairs, first with handsome fisherman-slave Pharon, then with Marc Antony. The film features lavish sets and costumes and at just over an hour, it was considered fairly lengthy.
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Topics: Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Mar Antony, Helen Gardner, Charles Gaskill, Ancient Egypt, Ancient...
Westbrook Van Vorhees narrates this 1958 television documentary about the nazi regime.
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Topics: World War II, WWII Programs, Germany, Hitler, Nazi Party, NSDAP
Cecil B Demille's 1915 film of Prosper Merimee's 1845 novella (which was the basis of Bizet's famous opera.) Carmen, a gypsy woman, seduced lawyer Don Jose in an attempt to assist her clan's smuggling trade. Don Jose is obsessed with Carmen and turns to crime to maintain her attentions.
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Topics: crime, carmen, don jose, prosper merimee, cecil b demille, jesse lasky, romance, obsession, love,...
Rare original network print of a Topper episode. Contains original sponsor opening and closing credits and original commercials.
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Topics: Classic TV, Topper, Thorne Smith, Leo Carrol, Robert Sterling, Anne Jeffries, Ghosts, Comedy
Original theatrical release version of this gory 70s horror classic featuring a number of well known screen actors in the cast. 16:9 enhanced widescreen. Copyright Status: Incomplete copyright notice. Never registered for copyright.
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Topics: Horror, asylum, inmates, lunatics, doctors, ghost, murder, classic, John Carradine, Cannon Films,...
A man is held captive by island natives who believe that his daughter has stolen a pearl belonging to their idol. This is a five reel truncated 1922 Realart print of the Houdini mystery missing a large chunk from the middle of this originally seven reel production.
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Topics: harry houdini, silent film, paramount pictures, mystery, realart, magician, illusionist, island,...
Australia's first musical comedy featuring vaudevillian comic George Wallace the most popular Australian comedian or the era. The video and audio recordings contained in this film entered the Australian public domain in 1983. This film was ineligible for GATT/URAA restoration and remains in the US public domain.
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Topics: Feature Films, George Wallace, Australian Cinema, Efftee Films, Frank Thring, Vaudville, Comedy,...
A young hotel sales-girl becomes the paid companion of a man in New York. Little does she know that he is a notorious gangster and she will become involved in all manner of mystery and intrigue. Directed by Christy Cabanne Written by Edward T Lowe Jr Based on the novel by Wilson Collison Produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Tower Productions Photographed by Harry Forbes Edited by Irving Birnbaum Recorded by Corson Jowett CAST Merna Kennedy - Lynn Monith Theodore von Eltz - Trent Travers Grant...
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Topics: gangster, feature, tower pictures, sigmun neufeld, christy cabanne, shirley temple, grant withers
This is the condensed version of the mostly lost feature film "A Light In The Dark" (1922). This film was re-cut in the 1930s to be used as an inspirational film. The film stars Hope Hampton and Lon Chaney. The music contained on the soundtrack is recorded by Kevin MacLeod and is released under Creative Commons.
Topics: Lon Chane, Hope Hampton, The Holy Grail, religious, inspirational, crime, redemption, healing
A Junior Coghlan/Shirley Temple "Frolics of Youth" short.
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Topics: Frank Coghlan Jr, Shirley Temple, Frolics of Youth, short, educational pictures
The Ghoul is a 1933 British Horror film starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger and Ralph Richardson, whose debut film this was. The plot centres around a Professor (Karloff) who is to be buried with an Egyptian jewel in order to attain eternal life. When the jewel is stolen by his servant, the professor rises from the dead to reclaim it. The film, based on the play and novel by Dr. Frank King and Leonard J. Hines, was once considered to be a lost film since the original...
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Topics: Horror, Egypt, Mummy, Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson, Lost Film
Filmed in November 1903 at Edison's New York studio, at Essex County Park in New Jersey, and along the Lackawanna railroad and released in December 1903, "The Great Train Robbery" is considered to be one of the first significant early US narrative films. Greatly influenced by the British film "Daring Daylight Robbery" (1903) it introduced many new cinematic techniques (cross cutting, double exposure, camera movement and location shooting) to American audiences. It was...
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Topics: 1903, Silent, Thomas Edison, Edwin S Porter, Great Train Robbery, pdmovies
"These are the TALONS of The Vampire Bat" This copy is sharper than the others that appear on the Internet Archive. Copyright Status: PUBLIC DOMAIN Registered: THE VAMPIRE BAT. 1933. 7 reels. Credits: Producer, Phil Goldstone; director, Frank Strayer; screen story, Edward T. Lowe; film editor, Otis Garrett. (c) Majestic Pictures Corp.; 19Jan33; LP3579. NO RENEWALS FOUND. There are two versions available for download: - NTSC (480p @ 24 fps) Run Time: 1:02:37 - PAL (576p @ 25 fps) Run...
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Topics: vampire, bat, horror, golden age, Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Dwight Frye, George E...
1970s retelling of the Frankenstein story with Rock Hudson as the scientist and Barbara Carrera as the 'creature' he grows from Embryo to Woman in four and a half weeks. Also stars Roddy McDowall, Diane Ladd and Dr Joyce Brothers. This movie was reissued in the 1980s a "Created to Kill". Public domain due to the omission of a required copyright notice. Sourced from a 30 year old Betamax tape.
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Topics: Sci-Fi, horror, Rock Hudson, Diane Ladd, Barbara Carrera, Roddy McDowell, Dr Joyce Brothers,...
HD version of the 1958 "B" horror feature. A newlywed couple move into the man's old home, which was previously inhabited by him and his previous wife. Strange happenings abound, leading the new wife to think she may be going mad.
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Topics: American International Pictures, B movies, horror, old house, skull, terror, newlywed horror
Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of his late wife. Leo was framed by a group of former business associates, and he also suspects that one of them killed his wife. He has invited the group to his island, tempting them by hinting about a hidden fortune, and he has installed a number of traps and secret passages in his home. He is aided in his efforts by a former cell-mate who holds a grudge against the same persons. When everyone...
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Topics: Mystery, Thriller, PRC, George Zucco, Lionel Atwill
The Superman production company donated this special 18 minute episode to the US Treasury to help promote school stamp day savings plans to children. This is the only episode of the series that has entered the public domain. It features all of the hallmarks that made the original 1950s Superman series so memorable.
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Topics: Classic TV, Superman, George Reeves, Public Service Announcement, US Treasury
The infallible detective meets the perfect crime! A group of people gathered in an old mansion are being systematically murdered by a hooded killer. Another Chesterfield classic with Charles Starrett
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Topics: Chesterfield Pictures, Charles Starrett, Charles Lamont, B Picture
Rudolph Valentino Stars in this epic set during the First World War.
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Topics: Valentino, WWI, Epic, MGM, Silent
IN THE YEAR 2889 Starring: PAUL PETERSON AND QUINN O'HARE A group of post A-war survivors gathered together in a valley, are menaced by cannibalistic human mutants with telepathic powers.
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Topics: Sci-Fi, Aliens, Larry Buchanan, Post - Apocalyptic
Official NASA film of the Apollo 17 Mission
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Topics: Space, Apollo missions, NASA, Government Films
During the first world war, a young American woman's boat is torpedoed by a German U-Boat. When she manages to return to her ancestral country of France, she witnesses the German atrocities first hand. This is Wallace Beery's first screen appearance (he plays a German soldier) Stars: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Hobart Bosworth, Ben Alexander Directed by Cecil B Demille An Artcraft Picture
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Topics: war, world war I, first world war, france, germany, america, u boat, torpedo, silent film, feture...
The only PD episode of Burke's Law. Episode Title: "Who Killed Jason Shaw" S1 E15 This show was originally set to air on 22 November 1963. It was pushed back by the network's coverage of John F Kennedy's assassination. This film is in the public domain because its copyright was not renewed in 1991, which was the necessary time for any film with a date in notice of 1963.
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Topics: Classic TV, Gene Barry, Burke's Law, Millionare Detective
Legendary Valentino picture. Valentino stars as an Arabian who falls in love with an English woman in this classic silent picture. Visit the IMDB page here.
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Topics: Rudolph Valentino, Adventure, Romance, The Sheik, Paramount, Jesse Lasky, Silent Films
A widescreen version of the well known Roger Corman classic.
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Topics: Roger Corman, Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, The Terror
Australian Silent film based on the Fatty Finn comic strips. This was the last silent film made in Australia. It was shot in the Sydney streets in 1927. The suburb where it is set is Wooloomoloo, which is an inner city suburb between the CBD and Potts Point. At the time this was film was made, it was a poor area. It is now an expensive, trendy suburb. The billy goat race had to be filmed in Queensland as the New South Wales government had banned such races a year before this film was made. The...
Topics: Feature Films, Australia, Silent Film, Early Features, Kids, Children, Billy Goat Races, Comics,...
During the California gold rush, a young woman travels to the west coast to live with her uncle. When she arrives she discovers he has been killed by the natives and his identity and property taken by a notorious outlaw. Stars Mary Pickford Produced and Directed by Cecil B Demille An Artcraft Picture
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Topics: Mary Pickford, Cecil B Demille, Artcraft Pictures, identity, murder, revenge, criminal, outlaw,...
Australian silent film from 1921 about the lives of the people in the horse racing world. DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY John K Wells WRITTEN BY John Cosgrove and John K Wells CAST Agnes Vernon - Bobbie Morton (as Brownie Vernon) Robert MacKinnon - Richard Morton Jr John Cosgrove - Dennis O'Hara John Faulkner - Richard Morton Sr Tal Ordell - Phillip Droone Evelyn Johnson - Myra Fane Raymond Lawrence - Jeffrey Manners Gerald Harcourt - Toby Makin Tommy Denman - Dingo Kennaquhair - Alert
Topics: Australia, Australian Cinema, silent, silent film, horses, racing, intrigue
Heath Haldane (Houdini) attempts to track down the vicious criminal gang responsible for his government agent father's death while also saving the girl he loves.
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Topics: harry houdini, houdini picture corp, magician, action, g-man, secret service, crime, mystery,...
Outside the Law is a 1920 crime film directed by Tod Browning. Browning remade the film in 1930. Black Mike (Lon Chaney) is a despicable gangster who lures Molly (Priscilla Dean), the daughter of a San Francisco underworld leader, back to a life of crime. Mike frames Molly's father for murder and then plots to double-cross her as well. But Molly's hard heart is slowly melted by her gangster lover. The film ends with in a climactic shootout. The print in a little murky so some title cards are...
Topics: Tod Browning, Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean
1921 Silent film starring and produced by Hobart Bosworth. This film was directed by Rowland V Lee and tells the story of a bitter sea captain angry with the world because his wife left him. The film also stars Emory Johnson and Bessie Love. Copied from 8mm so it is very grainy and murky. Here on the Internet Archive you can also see Hobart Bosworth, an all but forgotten cinema pioneer, as The Scarecrow in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and as Mr Harrington in the uncut version of...
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Topics: Feature Films, Silent Films, Hobart Bosworth, Sea Captain, Bessie Love, Rowland V Lee
Lon Chaney plays a wheelchair bound master criminal.
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Topics: Feature Films, Silent films, Lon Chaney, Virginia Valli, Lambert Hillyer
This is the greatest of all Austrlian Silent films. Made just before the advent of synchronised sound, this film had a limited period of commercial viabilty before it dissapeared from sight. Based on the serialised novel by Marcus Clarke, this was the most expensive film produced in Australia at the time. It costed 50,000 pounds when the average Australian film was made for around 1000 pounds. The film stars George Fisher as Richard Devine/Rufus Dawes/John Rex and Eva Novak as Sylvia Vickers...
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Topics: Australia, Silent Film, Epic, Marcus Clarke, Convicts, Wrongly Convicted, Doubles, Scandal
Ellery Queen mystery
Topic: Ellery Queen
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson star as vaudevillians who attempt to stage a cursed show.
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Topics: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, comedy, theatre, stage, vaudville, jinxed
In this later film, Rudolph Valentino plays a poor Italian noble man. He takes a job in New York and falls in love.
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Topics: Valentino, silent, feature
Captain Z-ro (starring and created by Roy Steffens) was a children's television space opera featuring the eponimous time traveller and his companion, Jet (Bruce Haynes), visiting many key figures from the past. Copyright Status: All episodes were registered as published films in 1955 and 1956. In order for the copyrights in these films to continue to operate, renewals needed to be lodged in the relevant calendar years 1983 and 1984. No such renewals were lodged and the episodes entered the...
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Topics: space opera, science fiction, television, classic tv, children's TV, Captain Z-ro, heroes, time...
Rosalind Russell plays a divorced socialite who joins the army in an effort to see more of her boyfriend.
Topics: Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, Hillary Brooke, Regis Toomey, Army, WAC, divorce,...
Condensed feature length version of the serial.
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Topics: Bela Lugosi, serial, chinatown, crime, action
Early Jack Nicholson teenage delinquent movie
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Topics: Jack Nicholson, teenage delinquent, hot rod, drag race
Buster Keaton, Margret Hamilton, Billy Gilbert and Alan Mowbray star in this parody of melodrama.
Topics: Buster Keaton, Margaret Hamilton, Billy Girlbert, Alan Mowbray, Parody, Melodrama
This rare Sherlock Holmes film was released at the same time as the Raymond Massey picture "The Speckled Band". The story is partly based on two Conan Doyle short stories: "The Final Problem" and "The Empty House". Sceptical about the potential success of the film, the producers sold the rights to the film to "First Division Pictures" for 800 pounds. The film was released in July 1931 under the title "Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour". It was very...
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Topics: Feature Films, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, The Sleeping Cardinal
This is an episode of the DuMont Network's "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (1950-54). This ran on the DuMont Network before moving to the ABC. The series was also shown in Australia, where it played on Channel 2 on Thursdays at 9pm throughout 1957. The actor who plays Ellery, Richard Hart, died part way through the series and was replaced by Lee Bowman. About 50 episodes were made over its two runs but only a small amount survive. This episode, original air date 21 December 1950,...
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Topics: Classic TV, Ellery Queen, Dumont, Mystery, Richard Hart
The Sinking of the Lusitania, released in 1918, is an animated short film by American artist Winsor McCay. It features a short 12 minute explanation of the sinking of RMS Lusitania after it was struck by two torpedoes fired from a German U-boat. The film was one of many animated silent films published to create anti-German sentiment during World War I. McCay illustrated some 25,000 drawings for the production. The film is stylized as a documentary, informing viewers on details from the actual...
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Topics: Lusitantia, Winsor McCay, Animation, History, World War I, Propaganda
A collection of Alfred Hitchcock Trailers/Featurettes.
Topics: Feature Films, Trailers, Alfred Hitchcock
This is a failed pilot for a "Three Stooges" TV show. The concept of the show was that the Stooges would try a new profession each show. In this episode they are interior decorators. Features Moe, Larry and Shemp
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Topics: Classic TV, The Three Stooges, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Shemp Howard, Failed Pilot, Kinoscope
Rare lost episode of Mr Ed. One of only two episodes that are in the Public Domain. This episode is, essentially, an episode length public service announcement on behalf of the US treasury. Wilbur and Mr Ed extol the virtues of payroll saving plans and their benefits for the American way of life. Alan Young (Wilbur), Connie Hines (Carol), Mr Ed (Mr Ed), George O'Hanlon (The Electrician) Directed by Arthur Lubin IMDB page
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Topics: Classic TV, Mr Ed, Alan Young, Public Service Announcement, Bonds, Payroll, Rare, Lost Episode
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) is the earliest surviving film version of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, made by the Selig Polyscope Company without Baum's direct input. It was created to fulfill a contractual obligation associated with Baum's personal bankruptcy caused by The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, from which it was once thought to have been derived. It was partly based on the 1902 stage musical, though much of the film deals with the Wicked Witch of the West, who does not appear in the...
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Topics: Wizard of Oz, 1910, L Frank Baum, Silent
Originally released Christmas 1910, this Edison production features Charles Ogle (Frankenstein) as Bob Cratchet. Remastered, retitled, tinted and new soundtrack added in 2010.
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Topics: 1910, Silent, Charles Dickens, Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Charles Ogle
1923 Drama Written and Directed by Charles Chaplin
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Topics: silent film, drama, charles chaplin, edna purviance, adolphe menjou
Mutt and Jeff play Sherlock Holmes style detectives on the trail of the mysterious "Phantom". Originally release in 1926, this film was hand coloured in the early 1930s and re-released.
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Topics: Mutt and Jeff, Sherlock Holmes, Colourised by Hand
This tells the story of an American private detective who inherits a large estate in South Africa. When he arrives he finds himself a hunted man. He discovers that his land is being used as a plantation for international drug smugglers. This TV schedule filler was shot in South Africa by 20th Century Fox's South African studio, Killarney Studios. The film was written and directed by George Montgomery but the screen credits an alias, Douglas K Stone. This film marks the only acting appearance of...
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Topics: Drugs, Smuggling, Assassination, organised crime, South Africa, Tippi Hedren, George Montgomery
An attempt to create a coherent narrative out of all surviving fragments of Australia's first feature length film. Sections from the final reel are heavily decomposed. Running at just over 20 minutes, this is possibly the longest available version. What the posters said: "A thrilling moving picture from start to finish" "The Most Sensational, The Most Thrilling and Interesting LIVING PICTURES EVER TAKEN." Written and Directed by Charles Tait 1868-1933 Released: December 1906...
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Topics: Australia, Bushrangers, Ned Kelly, Silent Film, Early Features, Lost Films, Fragments
Original theatircal trailer for legendary 1970 Grindhouse/Drive-in Horror Double "I Drink Your Blood" and "I Eat Your Skin"
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Topics: Trailers, Grindhouse, Drive-in, Horror, Double Features, Exploitation, Zombies, Hippies, Hippie...
1915 silent film directed by Cecil B Demille starring Fannie Ward. This film was selected for preservation in America's "National Film Registry". A desperate socialite turns to a Burnese Ivory trader after she is almost found out for embezzling funds from her charity.
Topics: crime, silent film, feature film, fannie ward, cecil b demille, jesse lasky, paramount pictures,...
An Episode of the Fu Manchu TV Series "Prisoner of Fu Manchu" (air date - Sept 3 1956) Starring Glen Gordon as Fu Manchu and Lester Matthews as Nayland Smith
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Topics: Classic TV, Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer, Republic Television
An early Spencer Tracy outing in this spy thriller set in Panama.
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Topics: Spencer Tracy, Spies, Panama Canal
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood. Hosted by Ken Murray with a Special appearance by Kirk Douglas. Features footage of: Eddie Albert, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Mary Astor, Lew Ayres, Max Baer, Lucille Ball, Richard Barthelmess, Rex Bell, Edgar Bergen, Sally Blane, Humphrey Bogart, John Boles, Pat Boone, Eddie Borden, Hobart Bosworth, Clara Bow, William Boyd, Fanny Brice, Paul Brooks, Joe E. Brown, Johnny Mack Brown, Virginia Bruce, Rory...
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Topics: Classic TV, Hollywood, Ken Murray, Movie Stars, TV Special, Home Movies, Behind the Scenes
The East Side Kids fight the "Japs" in this WWII propanda piece.
Topics: East Side Kids, Dead End Kids, Bowery Boys, Leo Gorcy, Huntz Hall, Bobbie Jordan
First film in the Monogram series. Made before most of the regular moved to the studio.
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Topics: East side Kids, Dead End Boys, Bowery Boys, Leon Ames
Failed pilot for a proposed British Sherlock Holmes series starring John Longdon (Hitchcock's "Blackmail" and "The Skin Game") as Sherlock Holmes. Campbell Singer plays Dr Watson and the episode also features Walter Gotell (70s and 80s Bond pictures) as Luzatto. The story is based on the canonical adventure "The Man With The Twisted Lip".
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Topics: Classic TV, Sherlock Holmes, Failed Pilots, John Longdon