Robert Benchley Movies

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George....

Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they...

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.

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

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

A man humorously attempts to give an overview of income taxes.

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...

Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with...

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

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes them into the war zone. While AWOL, the rivals for...

Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most...

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls.

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.