Robert Benchley Movies

Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly...

A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle...

Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

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

A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table...

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

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

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

This comedic short provides a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.

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

Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.

A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.

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...

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.

A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert...

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

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