Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.

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

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...

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

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

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

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

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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

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...

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.

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 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...

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

A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.