Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

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

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

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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...

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

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

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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

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

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

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