Robert Benchley Movies

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...

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

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

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

A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

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...

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...

Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.

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

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with...

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

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...

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

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

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

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

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

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