Robert Benchley Movies

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

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

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...

This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

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...

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

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

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

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 aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

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

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

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

A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his...

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

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...