Robert Benchley Movies

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...

A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man...

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

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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...

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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 Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

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