Greatest 26 Comedy Movies Highly Rated Released in 1929

Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete. More about Steamboat Willie / IMDB / YouTube

During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves. Learn about The Cocoanuts / IMDB / YouTube

The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit. Find out about The Skeleton Dance / IMDB / YouTube

Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner. Explore Big Business / IMDB / YouTube

An unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous. Check out Spite Marriage / IMDB / YouTube

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players. Details on The Hollywood Revue of 1929 / IMDB / YouTube

Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking. See more about Plane Crazy / IMDB / YouTube

With the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece? Details on Liberty / IMDB / YouTube

The boys and their wives are preparing for a drive to a Sunday picnic but infighting is ruining their plans and a sudden feud with a next-door neighbor completes the disaster. More about Perfect Day / IMDB / YouTube

Taking the train to a show in Pottsville, musicians Stanley and Oliver run into trouble once settled in their sleeping car berth. Details on Berth Marks / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along. Find out about The Haunted House / IMDB / YouTube

When Mrs. Hardy refuses to cook supper, Mr. Hardy decides to cook it for himself and Mr. Laurel, but things go wrong during a jealous mix-up with the next-door married couple. Explore Unaccustomed As We Are / IMDB / YouTube

Stanley and Oliver, in their new jobs as footman and doorman at a ritzy hotel, wreak their usual havoc on the guests, including partially undressing a swanky blonde guest and repeatedly escorting a haughty Prussian nobleman into an empty elevator shaft. Info on Double Whoopee / IMDB / YouTube

Swept up in a police raid, Stan and Ollie are sentenced to jail and land in a jail labor camp. The governor visits, accompanied by two flappers, where the duo accidentally create rice pudding for a food fight. Learn about The Hoose-Gow / IMDB / YouTube

On shore leave from the Navy, seamen Stanley and Oliver want to treat two attractive single girls to a glass of soda in the park but only have enough change for three sodas. Find out about Men O'War / IMDB / YouTube

Stanley's attempts to treat Oliver's cold include dropping a swab down his friend's throat, applying a mustard plaster to his rump, and inflating the air mattress from the gas jet until it has Oliver pressed against the ceiling. Check out They Go Boom! / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey, a hot dog vendor, meets and quickly falls for Minnie the Shimmy Dancer. He serenades her by performing the song Sweet Adeline, much to the dismay of Kat Nipp, who is trying to sleep. Check out The Karnival Kid / IMDB / YouTube

Laurel and Hardy work at horse stables where a stallion named Blue Boy is kept. When they hear Gainsborough's famous painting, The Blue Boy, has been stolen, the duo rush to collect the offered reward. More about Wrong Again / IMDB / YouTube

Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord. Attempts to bathe the smelly animal result in a waterlogged free-for-all. Find out about Angora Love / IMDB / YouTube

Harold Bledsoe, a botany student, is called back home to San Francisco, where his late father had been police chief, to help investigate a crime wave in Chinatown. Info on Welcome Danger / IMDB / YouTube

The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza Glorifying the American Girl. Info on Glorifying the American Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich uncle, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs Hardy walks out just before the uncle is due to visit, Stanley is pressed into impersonating Oliver's loving spouse. See more about That's My Wife / IMDB / YouTube

The novice repo men, Stan and Ollie, are sent to serve a summons to a tough customer who hasn't paid for a radio, as canines, a rifle, and a steamroller threaten to put an end to their ambitions. Just how hard is it to get the job done? Info on Bacon Grabbers / IMDB / YouTube

Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit The Kinkajou over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit. Explore Rio Rita / IMDB / YouTube

While Tom Cat goes away hunting, Mickey, Minnie, and their mouse friends break into his house and perform music. They play various tunes on the piano while the other mice hit household objects in tune to the music. Learn about When the Cat's Away / IMDB / YouTube

In sixteenth century Padua, Hortensio loves Bianca, the youngest daughter of Baptista. But Baptista will not allow the two to get married until his eldest daughter, the extremely headstrong Katherine, is betrothed. This task seems impossible because of Katherine's shrewish demeanor. They believe their prayers have been answered with the arrival from Verona of the lust. Get info on The Taming of the Shrew / IMDB / YouTube