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beth4205
07-10-2006, 12:15 AM
Does anyone know of a good site to download old black and white movies? The older the better! :)

{I}{K}{E}
07-10-2006, 11:54 AM
Newsgroups.

I uploaded Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) this morning :)

100%
07-10-2006, 12:39 PM
there are tons of free sites with oldies

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Afeature_films&sort=-%2Freviews%2Finfo%2Favg_rating%3B-%2Freviews%2Finfo%2Fnum_reviews

http://www.veoh.com/channel.html?channelId=9&network=Cult%20Classics (requires free registration for full movie)

http://tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/search/movies.php?q=Movies&theme=guide

http://imovies.blogspot.com/

- Faust (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust_%281926_film%29), the F. W. Murnau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Murnau)'s masterpiece (both on the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/FausteinedeutscheVolkssageFaustAGermanFolkLegend) and Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1386747098352925171).
- Nosferatu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu), another Murnau's classic is available at Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/nosferatu) and google (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6185283610506001721) and as torrent (http://publicdomaintorrents.com/nshowmovie.html?movieid=190).
- The Golem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golem_%28film%29): 1915 version (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6950089643505550482) and 1920 version (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGolem).
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari) (internet archive (http://www.archive.org/details/DasKabinettdesDoktorCaligariTheCabinetofDrCaligari) and google video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4340785971918761901))
- Fritz Lang's M. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_%281931_movie%29) (Google video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2723662265706265460) and internet archives (http://www.archive.org/details/M_))
- Destiny (http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/01/14/destiny.html), by Fritz Lang again on google video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7300120188260248868).

Vargas
07-10-2006, 01:20 PM
you forgot one 100% :)

http://www.publicdomaintorrents.com/nshowcat.html?category=ALL

beth4205
07-10-2006, 10:15 PM
Thanks all! I think I've downloaded just about everything of interest on publicdomain! There are a lot of cheesy horror flicks I haven't grabbed though :P

100%
07-10-2006, 10:19 PM
if you manage to watch everything please consult your nearest
psychologist.

beth4205
07-11-2006, 08:43 PM
if you manage to watch everything please consult your nearest
psychologist.

Only the movies of interest to me and there are too few of those! :lol:

100%
07-11-2006, 08:54 PM
good idea, downloading the entire film history might affect your life

justmm
07-12-2006, 07:30 AM
www.karagarga.net is the best for old movies. :)

you can also check demonoid, www.secret-cinema.com, and e-mule.

beth4205
07-14-2006, 01:40 AM
www.karagarga.net is the best for old movies. :)

you can also check demonoid, www.secret-cinema.com, and e-mule.


I saw some on demonoid that I would like to have, how often do they open public registrations?