The first iteration of Popeye the Sailor, literary classics by Dashiell Hammett and William Faulkner, Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film, and songs like “Singin’ in the Rain” and ...

Mickey shorts and “The Skeleton Dance” are not the only important characters or works that entered the public domain yesterday, The early version of Popeye comics (1929) also entered the ...

For 2025, the most notable include Disney titles such as Silly Symphony short The Skeleton Dance and Mickey Mouse shorts such as “Karnival Kid,” the first to feature his voice. Either of those ...

On the Disney front, we get the Silly Symphony short The Skeleton Dance, as well as a dozen more Mickey Mouse shorts. These include the first films to depict Mickey wearing white gloves and the ...

“The Skeleton Dance.” You can check out some more notable works that have officially entered the public domain, via Entertainment Weekly, below: Books William Faulkner, The Sound and the ...