Robert Benchley Movies

Chorus girl Patsy Shaw crashes a high-society party, meets playboy Charlie Breen, they fall in love, and are on their merry way to wedded bliss....

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

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...

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

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

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

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

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

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...

As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account...

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...

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.

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

Mr Benchley first expounded his interesting theory in December 1931, and as it remains the clearest and most searching analysis of the situation yet...

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

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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