In the US, copyrights last for 60 years. Then the work changes into public domain. It's still owned, still is intellectual property, but it's not unlawful to download it and watch it without the consent of the property owner. You can't sell it, or make money off of it.
That is the way I understand that. So anything before 1960 is in the public domain now. I don't think that it is unlawful for youtube to have it, and for you to watch it. Anyone else know more on this topic? Edit: Netflix is renting those DVD's, but, I'm sure that Netflix has an agreement with the intellectual property owner to rent it. And that's because the owner is getting a cut of the rental. |
^ makes sense. I had a look at the uploader for Rio Bravo, It's "Grjngo - Western Movies", there's plenty more old movies.
It does look like they're all from the 40s/50s. They also have a website, and a German company behind it. |
The Kiss Before The Mirror 1933
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e1qVUibVRg The Most Dangerous Game 1932 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzv2MbIdEwY I trust and hope people are posting links to films they have seen themselves AND would recommend to others, not just a list of movies. |
Kind Hearts And Coronets 1949. Comedy.
https://archive.org/details/KindHeartsAndCoronets1949 The Black Cat 1934. Karloff. https://archive.org/details/1934blackcatthe |
US copyrights can be renewed. And, they can be owned by corporations. For instance, the courts rightly decided that the rights to "Mickey Mouse®" did not expire with Walt Disney (RIP), even though he was the artist who originally drew him. They belong to "The Walt Disney Company, Inc."
As for good movies to watch –*I recently watched an A&E special, "Ike – Countdown to D-Day." An excellent nine-part film that is historically accurate. |
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No More Orchids 1932 Video 306.mp4 from here: https://archive.org/details/rog561b_netzero_305/306.mp4 https://archive.org/download/rog561b_netzero_305 Edit: The first link plays the wrong movie, but the second link plays the movie when 306.mp4 is clicked. Try this: https://ia800401.us.archive.org/22/i...ro_305/306.mp4 Hot Saturday 1932 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpH90rOMx0E This video is titled "HOT SATURDAY (Drama, USA 1932) 720p; Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott". There are other easier to find "Hot Saturday 1932" videos on YouTube that have been distorted and so are definitely not recommended. Baby Face 1933 https://archive.org/details/baby-fac...s-283708426915 |
Violent Saturday 1955
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKpSIPOLY8 Technicolor crime heist. Edit: not Technicolor, but De Luxe. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 1957 https://archive.org/details/mary59_gmx_860 https://ia803205.us.archive.org/10/i...mx_860/860.mp4 Technicolor advertising industry comedy. |
This Gun For Hire 1942
https://archive.org/details/this-gun-for-hire-1942 Psycho-loner with a gun. Pickup On South Street 1953 https://archive.org/details/pickupon...eet1953_202001 Better quality image? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmgEytYLH7A Pickpocket with moral limits. Foreign Intrigue 1956 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhItAgX8kPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_WZX-drmWQ Eastmancolor. The image quality is not so good. Same quality and probably exactly the same video file in both links. Update: a link to a better quality image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xab-VkVLkjw The webpage is in Greek but the film is in English. The Greek subtitles are optional and can be clicked away. |
Shadow Of A Doubt 1943
https://archive.org/details/shadowofadoubt1943_202003 Is he a criminal? The Little Giant 1933 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5CKbWN7j_Y Comedy. Gangster has been reading books. |
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All of these old movies are good. Under Capricorn https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YgH8fRuuprE Rebecca https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m1uvgx3NUR0 Sudden fear https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NGbBUY9Jl1I Autumn leaves https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mPbtKTkb1hY One dangerous night https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ReVqhpkEU68 The 39 steps https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzhIlFGdjeU The Brasher Doubloon https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iPiD79RrkJU Titanic 1943 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GgKPJeSrjSo Cast a Dark Shadow https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JLfNYZnzmzs Destroyer https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PGkBbwSjAVU On the beech https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9tweuR450A The capture https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ui19MwNK10k Example, get best that you can for the title: Code:
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Technicolor sexist fantasies The sexism, racism, coercion, and so on in all these old movies is shameful and totally unacceptable today. Kismet 1944 - Harems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGL2LCTGDvQ Edit: the link has very recently stopped working. The Black Swan 1942 - Pirates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwEG8sEscBQ A much better definition image can be seen on a Portugese webpage, although unfortunately the Portugese translation of the title is offensive. https://archive.org/details/o-cisne-...-1942-v.-menor Also - Arabian Nights 1942 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0ULqfoKXVk A Thousand And One Nights 1945 https://archive.org/details/A.Thousa...ne.Nights.1945 |
Rebecca 1940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1uvgx3NUR0 Shadow of a romance Edit: Sorry I had not realized I had duplicated Teckk's link. His Girl Friday 1940 https://archive.org/details/HisGirlFriday-1940 Better quality image? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUct7Gdt-Gc Not getting much work done The Bride Comes Home 1935 https://archive.org/details/rog561b_netzero_514 https://ia600401.us.archive.org/2/it...ro_514/515.mp4 Comedy, but I only laughed out loud once. |
Lost Horizon 1937
https://archive.org/details/lost-hor...t-horton-thoma Shangri-La The Palm Beach Story 1942 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2riir_T41k Comedy The Spiral Staircase 1946 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFR_0NZ8bQg https://archive.org/details/tss32236 Slightly better image? Creepy, with good cinematography. |
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