Pabst’s groundbreaking silent epicPandora’s Box.

And those are just the movies.

Hollywood favorite Dashiell Hammett has two books entering the public domain this year:Red HarvestandThe Maltese Falcon.

British film director Alfred Hitchcock; Barn Dance, poster, left and lower left: Mickey Mouse, lower right: Minnie Mouse, 1929; A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Alfred Hitchcock, Mickey Mouse in ‘Barn Dance,’ and ‘A Farewell to Arms’ by Ernest Hemingway.Credit:Hulton Archive/Getty; LMPC via Getty; Blackstone Publishing

Agatha Christie’sSeven Dials Mysteryis also available to adapt.

White and James Thurber,Is Sex Necessary?

“If it was created but remained only in the artists studio, this did not count.

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Humphrey Bogart in the 1941 film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s ‘The Maltese Falcon’.© Warner Brothers/Archive Photos/Moviepix/Getty Images

Brooks, Louise - Actress, Germany / USA Scene from the movie ‘Pandora’s Box’ with Fritz Kortner Directed by: Georg Wilhelm Pabst Germany 1929

Louise Brooks in 1929 film ‘Pandora’s Box’ with Fritz Kortner.ullstein bild via Getty

Popeye prepares to eat his spinach in he 1936 episode “Little Swee' Pea”.

Popeye in the 1936 episode ‘Little Swee’ Pea'.public domain

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong.Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, NYWT&S Collection, LC-USZ62-127236