Robert Benchley Movies

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

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

A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for...

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

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

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they...

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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...

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

Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.

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

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

Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert...