Robert Benchley Movies

Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic...

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...

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

In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands...

A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few...

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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

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...

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

Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.

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...