Robert Benchley Movies

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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

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....

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

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...

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

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...

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

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

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...

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly...

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.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

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

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

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...

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