Soup to Nuts (1930) is a 70-minute comedy that airs free on Starlite TV's Laugh Track (CH 3) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: Published 1930: U.S. copyright term (95 years) expired at the end of 2025; 1930 films entered the U.S. public domain on Jan 1 2026 (Duke Law Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Public Domain Day 2026, https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/). The 95-year term applies regardless of country of origin (URAA restoration cannot extend a term past 95 years). The original soundtrack is part of the same publication and shares its term. Source: Internet Archive item soup-to-nuts-1930 (no licence tag; an uploader cannot licence a public-domain film, so the tag is informational only). Print note: Fox 1930, the Three Stooges' film debut with Ted Healy. U.S. status only. Checked Oct 29 2026 (file probed with ffprobe: h264 654x480, faststart).
Music: Original 1930 soundtrack (part of the 1930 publication).
