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....

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

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

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

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

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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...

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