Robert Benchley Movies

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.

In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for...

This comedic short provides a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.

Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands...

Joe Doakes is lamenting to his wife the lack of variety in his meals. In particular, he misses eating stewed tomatoes, the fruit which he believes...

As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account...

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.

Clip-filled promotional short by MGM Studios celebrating the body of work by producer David O. Selznick.

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

A candidate has laryngitis, so his assistant must make a speech in his place. Both the speaker and his audience are soon befuddled.

Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able...

A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man...

After some investigation, Robert Benchley finds his nerves are in a bad state. He has the jitters so bad he can't hold his cup still enough to drink...