Free classic comedy movies and shorts
59 titles on the air now, made between 1916 and 1951 - about 51 hours of viewing in all. 32 are feature-length (40 minutes or more) and 27 are shorts. 26 are silent films presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score.
The complete comedy lineup on Starlite TV: silent clowns, early talkies and screwball comedies. All are in the U.S. public domain, and each title page explains why.
Comedies air 24/7 on Laugh Track, with feature-length headliners in prime time.
Where to start
Prime-time headliners and titles with full background guides.
- Animal Crackers (1930) 93 min · Laugh Track
Animal Crackers was the second Marx Brothers feature, adapted from their hit 1928 Broadway musical by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with songs by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. - The General (1926) 79 min · Laugh Track
The General is Buster Keaton's Civil War comedy, inspired by a real event: the Great Locomotive Chase of April 1862, when Union raiders stole a Confederate train in Georgia and were pursued by its crew. - The Gold Rush (1925) 87 min · Laugh Track
Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed and starred in The Gold Rush, and he often said it was the film he most wanted to be remembered for. - His Girl Friday (1940) 92 min · Laugh Track
His Girl Friday is Howard Hawks' screwball comedy remake of the hit 1928 Broadway play The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, which had already been filmed once, in 1931. The play was about two male newspapermen. - The Kid (1921) 53 min · Laugh Track
The Kid was Charlie Chaplin's first feature-length film as a director, and it was a gamble: a full-length story that mixed slapstick with genuine sadness. An unmarried mother, unable to care for her baby, leaves him in a wealthy car with a note asking whoever finds him to love and care for him. - Safety Last! (1923) 74 min · Laugh Track
Safety Last! is the film that gave silent comedy one of its most famous images: Harold Lloyd, in his trademark round glasses and straw boater, hanging from the hands of a giant clock high above a busy Los Angeles street. The title is a play on the workplace slogan "safety first". - Berth Marks (1929) 20 min · Laugh Track
- Blotto (1930) 26 min · Laugh Track
- The Hoose-Gow (1929) 20 min · Laugh Track
- Night Owls (1930) 21 min · Laugh Track
- Perfect Day (1929) 20 min · Laugh Track
- Speedy (1928) 86 min · Laugh Track
