Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

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

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...

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

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....

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.