Watch classic movies online, free and legal
Jan 29, 2008, 06:00 AM | by Dafna Pleban
Categories: Download This, Film
So,
the writers' strike got you down? Suddenly wishing you actually enjoyed
reality television so you could at least have something to fill your
lonely nights? Worry no more, fellow PopWatchers, because the Internet
is here to save the day!
Thanks (ironically) to copyright laws, a lot of old movies are coming into public domain and being put online for anyone with a good Internet connection (and a lot of patience) to see. A whole lot of them can be found on the (perfectly legal) Internet Archive, and I've been watching a few classics now that my schedule is, ahem, a bit more free. What surprised me most was how well old movies held up to my modern, pervy, standards, such as the fantastic, Sorkin-esque His Girl Friday (featuring the fast-talking Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, and Rosalind Russell, pictured) or James Cagney's excellent turn as a well-meaning bureaucrat trying to fix corruption in Great Guy. Even an old Max Fleischer Superman cartoon I used to enjoy as a kid was up on the site, and still surprisingly enjoyable. In fact there were so many movies to see, I almost didn't get around to writing this blog post, as I was so busy coordinating between browsing IMDB's Movies By Year lists for interesting-looking films and seeing if the Internet Archive had any of them up yet.
So I ask you, PopWatchers, what hidden, old-timey gems can you find online? Because I'm actually sleeping at nights, and that's just all manner of wrong.

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