Robert Benchley Movies

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

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...

American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

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

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...

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

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

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

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