Robert Benchley Movies

A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

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

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...

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

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...

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

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

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

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

When Joe Doakes listens to a quiz show on the radio and knows all the answers, his wife encourages him to go on a quiz show himself. He appears on a...

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

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...

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

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.

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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

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...