🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, LADIES OF LEISURE (1930).

Released on this day in 1930, Barbara Stanwyck broke out in a star-making role under Frank Capra. 🎬

🎭 As Kay Arnold, a party girl turned artist’s model, Stanwyck's raw, naturalistic performance helped redefine screen acting in the talkies.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/ladies-of-leisure_1930

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Congrats to "SEEING YOU IN DREAMS" by Grace Mural, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

"A sentimental story from the diary of a dreamer." A lyrical and intimate dreamlike journey.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/seeing-you-in-dreams-film-PDRC2026

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Congrats to "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS DESERTED AND THEY’RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD." by Bea Bordanove, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A modernized remix with contemporary cutouts, drones, and digital masks that shows the timelessness of its message in a TikTok-like form.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-because-everyone-has-deserted-and-theyre-doing-so

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Congrats to "THE WRITER" by Matthew Cutchen, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A lively soundtrack carries this playful meditation on our moment. "We are living in a time scramble."

Watch the full short film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-writer-v-3-prores

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Welcome to the public domain, BARNACLE BILL (1930)! ⚓️

🚢💥 Ahoy, cartoon fans! Bimbo the dog plays the boisterous Barnacle Bill on a rollicking adventure ashore. And keep your eyes peeled 👀 for the second cinematic appearance of Betty Boop (playing the part of "Nancy Lee"). 🎩🐶🎶

Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/barnacle-bill_1930

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Congrats to "THE KING IN YELLOW" by Caleb Hernandez, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

An eerie remix that is genuinely unsettling and even frightening when watched alone at home.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/king-in-yellow

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Welcome to the public domain, CIMARRON (1930) by Edna Ferber 📖

This sweeping saga of the Oklahoma land rush follows Yancey & Sabra Cravat as they build a life on the American frontier 🌾🏜️

The book inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Dix & Irene Dunne.

Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cimarron0000edna_o9w0

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! 🐭🎶🎻

🎬 If the star looks a little odd, it's because this is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks (who left to create Flip the Frog). It's also the first Mickey short released by Columbia Pictures, making it a unique piece of animation history.

Full short ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/fiddling-around-aka-just-mickey_1930

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Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. 🎬

After all the art on Earth was harvested, it was discarded. Only a few businessmen reaped the new profits, while the artists searched for a means to create & survive. Elpis employs public domain works to show the value of human artists.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/elpis_202601

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