Robert Benchley Movies

  • 1940
    Hired Wife

    Hired Wife

    Hired Wife

    6.81940HD

    Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once...

    Hired Wife
  • 1945
    I'm a Civilian Here Myself

    I'm a Civilian Here Myself

    I'm a Civilian Here Myself

    101945HD

    A comic training film designed to help sailors readjust to civilain life after World War II.

    I'm a Civilian Here Myself
  • 1944
    Song of Russia

    Song of Russia

    Song of Russia

    6.21944HD

    American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in...

    Song of Russia
  • 1944
    Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

    7.51944HD

    An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.

    Her Primitive Man
  • 1942
    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    6.81942HD

    In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George....

    Syncopation
  • 1945
    Pan-Americana

    Pan-Americana

    Pan-Americana

    4.11945HD

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

    Pan-Americana
  • 1938
    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    6.51938HD

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

    Opening Day
  • 1933
    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    6.31933HD

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

    Headline Shooter
  • 1936
    Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

    6.81936HD

    Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with...

    Piccadilly Jim
  • 1938
    The Courtship of the Newt

    The Courtship of the Newt

    The Courtship of the Newt

    71938HD

    Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation.

    The Courtship of the Newt
  • 1944
    Janie

    Janie

    Janie

    61944HD

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

    Janie
  • 1939
    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    5.81939HD

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

    How to Sub-Let
  • 1939
    An Hour for Lunch

    An Hour for Lunch

    An Hour for Lunch

    6.21939HD

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

    An Hour for Lunch
  • 1945
    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    6.31945HD

    Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly...

    Kiss and Tell
  • 1933
    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    6.21933HD

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

    Blind Adventure
  • 1941
    Bedtime Story

    Bedtime Story

    Bedtime Story

    5.81941HD

    A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few...

    Bedtime Story
  • 1929
    Stewed, Fried and Boiled

    Stewed, Fried and Boiled

    Stewed, Fried and Boiled

    71929HD

    Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

    Stewed, Fried and Boiled
  • 1945
    Boogie Woogie

    Boogie Woogie

    Boogie Woogie

    101945HD

    While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.

    Boogie Woogie
  • 1940
    That Inferior Feeling

    That Inferior Feeling

    That Inferior Feeling

    6.11940HD

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

    That Inferior Feeling
  • 1926
    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    81926HD

    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...

    The American Venus