Robert Benchley Movies

A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.

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

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

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once...

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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

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

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...

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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

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

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.