Public Domain Day 2026
US Copyright Law protects creative property for a almost full century before it comes into public domain.
Films from the year 1930 will move into the public domain on January 1, 2026.
We are celebrating these important pieces of cinematic history all day on January 1 at Row House- Lawrenceville. Join us for special intros from the local film community and other experts and discounted admission all day.
You can buy a pass to see all of the films for $24.
All Day January 1, 2026
L’Âge d’or
- Thu, Jan 1
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Luis Bunuel Run Time: 63 min. Release Year: 1930 Language: French
Starring: Caridad de Laberdesque, Gaston Modot, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lya Lys, Max Ernst
A surrealist masterpiece.
The Blue Angel
- Thu, Jan 1
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Josef von Sternberg Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1930 Language: German
Starring: Emil Jannings, Hans Albers, Kurt Gerron, Marlene Dietrich, Rosa Valetti
You Too, Will Be Aroused By Her Intoxicating Beauty! "This Woman Makes a Man of Dignity a Slave to Love!"
Animal Crackers
- Thu, Jan 1
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Victor Heerman Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 1930
Starring: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Lillian Roth, Zeppo Marx
The maddest comics of them all!
All Quiet on the Western Front
- Thu, Jan 1
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Lewis Milestone Run Time: 133 min. Release Year: 1930
Starring: Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, John Wray, Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim
They left for war as boys never to return as men.
Morocco
- Thu, Jan 1
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Josef von Sternberg Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 1930
Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Eve Southern, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Ullrich Haupt
Who is this woman who scorns a hundred men...to give her love to a Devil-May-Care Soldier?