Robert Benchley Movies

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

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.

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.

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

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

A candidate has laryngitis, so his assistant must make a speech in his place. Both the speaker and his audience are soon befuddled.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

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...

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

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

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...

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.