Robert Benchley Movies

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in...

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

Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.

A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

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

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

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

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