Robert Benchley Movies

  • 1933
    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    5.51933HD

    Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they...

    Blind Adventure
  • 1945
    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    6.11945HD

    The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

    Duffy's Tavern
  • 1938
    How to Figure Income Tax

    How to Figure Income Tax

    How to Figure Income Tax

    61938HD

    A man humorously attempts to give an overview of income taxes.

    How to Figure Income Tax
  • 1946
    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

    5.91946HD

    A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.

    The Bride Wore Boots
  • 1926
    You'd Be Surprised

    You'd Be Surprised

    You'd Be Surprised

    6.31926HD

    A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table...

    You'd Be Surprised
  • 1937
    A Night at the Movies

    A Night at the Movies

    A Night at the Movies

    5.31937HD

    A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for...

    A Night at the Movies
  • 1932
    The Sport Parade

    The Sport Parade

    The Sport Parade

    5.31932HD

    Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.

    The Sport Parade
  • 1940
    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    61940HD

    A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.

    Home Movies
  • 1942
    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    6.81942HD

    A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

    Syncopation
  • 1939
    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    3.51939HD

    A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

    How to Sub-Let
  • 1937
    Sunday Night at the Trocadero

    Sunday Night at the Trocadero

    Sunday Night at the Trocadero

    3.81937HD

    A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more...

    Sunday Night at the Trocadero
  • 1944
    Practically Yours

    Practically Yours

    Practically Yours

    01944HD

    In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly...

    Practically Yours
  • 1942
    Take a Letter, Darling

    Take a Letter, Darling

    Take a Letter, Darling

    6.51942HD

    A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they...

    Take a Letter, Darling
  • 1946
    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    61946HD

    Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

    Janie Gets Married
  • 1944
    Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

    61944HD

    An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.

    Her Primitive Man
  • 1938
    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    61938HD

    The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

    Opening Day
  • 1945
    Snafu

    Snafu

    Snafu

    61945HD

    A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle...

    Snafu
  • 1938
    How to Raise a Baby

    How to Raise a Baby

    How to Raise a Baby

    51938HD

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

    How to Raise a Baby
  • 1936
    How to Vote

    How to Vote

    How to Vote

    71936HD

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

    How to Vote
  • 1926
    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    01926HD

    A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most...

    The American Venus