Robert Benchley Movies
- 1944
The National Barn Dance
The National Barn Dance01944HD
This film gives a fictionalized version of how the popular real-life radio program of the title began.
- 1936
How to Vote
How to Vote71936HD
A candidate has laryngitis, so his assistant must make a speech in his place. Both the speaker and his audience are soon befuddled.
- 1935
How to Sleep
How to Sleep6.4381935HD
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...
- 1939
See Your Doctor
See Your Doctor5.81939HD
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...
- 1936
How to Be a Detective
How to Be a Detective6.51936HD
This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.
- 1939
The Day of Rest
The Day of Rest4.51939HD
Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.
- 1929
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Stewed, Fried and Boiled01929HD
Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.
- 1943
My Tomato
My Tomato71943HD
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...
- 1938
Mental Poise
Mental Poise5.51938HD
In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.
- 1939
Home Early
Home Early01939HD
A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.
- 1936
How to Behave
How to Behave7.51936HD
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...
- 1939
An Hour for Lunch
An Hour for Lunch4.51939HD
Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.
- 1938
Opening Day
Opening Day61938HD
The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.
- 1928
The Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer's Report31928HD
Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.
- 1939
How to Eat
How to Eat61939HD
Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...
- 1945
Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie01945HD
While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.
- 1938
How to Raise a Baby
How to Raise a Baby51938HD
American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.
- 1938
How to Watch Football
How to Watch Football4.81938HD
Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.
- 1928
The Sex Life of the Polyp
The Sex Life of the Polyp4.8461928HD
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...
- 1929
Furnace Trouble
Furnace Trouble01929HD
Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.