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Back in Time: TV Shows and Movies


Want to watch some of the old time classic movies? You don't have to buy a thing.. just sit back and enjoy movies such as All Quiet on the Western Front or maybe The Fall of the House of Usher.  Even some of the old silent films are available.  What a great way to share the history of the movies with your kids. Maybe even help them create their own classic!  Here are some sites to watch public domain black and whites, silents and old classics. The standards were usually set higher in years past but not always! I do recommend reviewing all shows and movies before sharing them with your children. Grab the popcorn!

  1. Black and White Movies - A Large selection of old black and white movies including silent giants like Charlie Chaplan
  2. Old Free Movies Blog - Listing of a wide range of old movies.
  3. Retrovision - Old TV shows
  4. 475 Free Movies Online - The collection is divided into the following categories: Comedy & Drama; Film Noir, Horror & Hitchcock; Westerns & John Wayne; Silent Films; Documentaries, and Animation.
  5. Hulu - A wide range of shows from various periods. You can catch Abbott and Costello, The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy, Flash Gordon, The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers and many more.  
  6. TV Land Shows - From a wide range of eras, TV Land will bring back the days of the Brady Bunch, The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. 
  7. Archive.org - Once again this great resource provides you some silents, movies trailers and more. 
  8. YouTube - A lot of classics can be found on YouTube such as Abbott and Costello - Jack and the Beanstalk, The Velveteen Rabbit, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Sherlock Holmes, Shirley Temple's first Technicolor feature, The Little Princess, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in The Road to Bali and many more free movies.  ☺
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