Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

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

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

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able...

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

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

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

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...

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...

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

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...

Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.

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...

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.

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.