Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

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

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...

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

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

A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and...

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able...

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...

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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

Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.

A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle...

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

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

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...

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

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.