Robert Benchley Movies

  • 1941
    Waiting for Baby

    Waiting for Baby

    Waiting for Baby

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    Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

    Waiting for Baby
  • 1943
    No News Is Good News

    No News Is Good News

    No News Is Good News

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    Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

    No News Is Good News
  • 1939
    The Day of Rest

    The Day of Rest

    The Day of Rest

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    Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

    The Day of Rest
  • 1938
    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    Opening Day

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

    Opening Day
  • 1939
    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

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

    How to Sub-Let
  • 1939
    Dark Magic

    Dark Magic

    Dark Magic

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

    Dark Magic
  • 1938
    The Courtship of the Newt

    The Courtship of the Newt

    The Courtship of the Newt

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

    The Courtship of the Newt
  • 1938
    An Evening Alone

    An Evening Alone

    An Evening Alone

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    Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

    An Evening Alone
  • 1943
    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

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    A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

    Show-Business at War
  • 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

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    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...

    That's Entertainment, Part II
  • 1942
    The Witness

    The Witness

    The Witness

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    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...

    The Witness
  • 1941
    Crime Control

    Crime Control

    Crime Control

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    A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders tha...

    Crime Control
  • 1940
    The Trouble with Husbands

    The Trouble with Husbands

    The Trouble with Husbands

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    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 a...

    The Trouble with Husbands
  • 1938
    Music Made Simple

    Music Made Simple

    Music Made Simple

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

    Music Made Simple
  • 1987
    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

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    The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table grou...

    The Ten-Year Lunch
  • 2004
    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

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    Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941),a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a doci...

    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
  • 1964
    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

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    Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

    The Big Parade of Comedy
  • 1936
    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

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    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...

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs