Robert Benchley Movies

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

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his...

Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert...

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

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

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

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

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

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...

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

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

Mr Benchley first expounded his interesting theory in December 1931, and as it remains the clearest and most searching analysis of the situation yet...

Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.

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