Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

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...

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

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of...

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

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

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

Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.

This film gives a fictionalized version of how the popular real-life radio program of the title began.

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

The Spellbinder is a 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...

After some investigation, Robert Benchley finds his nerves are in a bad state. He has the jitters so bad he can't hold his cup still enough to drink...

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders...

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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...