Robert Benchley Movies

Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.

A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his...

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

Robert takes a train ride to Washington, DC, on "important business."

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined).

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert...

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders...

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.

A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and...

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation.