Robert Benchley Movies

An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.

A comic training film designed to help sailors readjust to civilain life after World War II.

Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being...

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

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.

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

Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they...

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

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

In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George....

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in...

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

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

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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...

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

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

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.