Robert Benchley Movies

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

Clip-filled promotional short by MGM Studios celebrating the body of work by producer David O. Selznick.

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

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

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

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

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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...

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

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

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...

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

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

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...

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...

Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert...

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

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