Robert Benchley Movies

A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man...

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

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 man humorously attempts to give an overview of income taxes.

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

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

When Joe Doakes listens to a quiz show on the radio and knows all the answers, his wife encourages him to go on a quiz show himself. He appears on a...

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

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

Chorus girl Patsy Shaw crashes a high-society party, meets playboy Charlie Breen, they fall in love, and are on their merry way to wedded bliss....

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

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

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

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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

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...

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

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