Robert Benchley Movies

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...

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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...

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

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...

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

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 shows how to successfully play croquet.

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

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

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

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

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

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

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

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...

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

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.