Robert Benchley Movies

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

This film gives a fictionalized version of how the popular real-life radio program of the title began.

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

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

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...

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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...

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

Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.

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...

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

This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

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

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

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...

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.

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