Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

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...

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...

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

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

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

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

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...

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

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

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...

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

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...

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.