Public Domain Day 2025
US Copyright Law protects creative property for a almost full century before it comes into public domain.
Films from the year 1929 will move into the public domain on January 1, 2025.
We are celebrating these important pieces of cinematic history all day on January 1 at Row House- Lawrenceville with our first ever Public Domain Day. 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 $29 — a nod at 1929.
All Day January 1, 2025
Madame X
- Wed, 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: Lionel Barrymore Run Time: 95 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1929
Starring: Carroll Nye, Lewis Stone, Raymond Hackett, Ruth Chatterton, Sidney Toler
The Newest and Greatest All-Talking Motion Picture
Pandora’s Box
- Wed, 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: G.W. Pabst Run Time: 141 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1929 Language: German
Starring: Carl Goetz, Francis Lederer, Fritz Kortner, Krafft-Raschig, Louise Brooks
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men...
Spite Marriage
- Wed, 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: Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick Run Time: 76 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1929
Starring: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle, Leila Hyams, William Bechtel
The Scream of the Screen-Buster in a Matrimonial Maelstrom – Buster's Adventure in Married Bliss.
Blackmail
- Wed, 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: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 86 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1929
Starring: Anny Ondra, Charles Paton, Donald Calthrop, John Longden, Sara Allgood
A romance of Scotland Yard
The Cocoanuts
- Wed, 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: Joseph Santley, Robert Florey Run Time: 93 min. Format: Audio Amplification Available Release Year: 1929
Starring: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Oscar Shaw, Zeppo Marx
Paramount's All Talking Musicomedy Sensation