Robert Benchley Movies

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...

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

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

Mr Benchley first expounded his interesting theory in December 1931, and as it remains the clearest and most searching analysis of the situation yet...

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 answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

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

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...

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 shows how to successfully play croquet.

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

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

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...

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

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

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

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.