Robert Benchley Movies

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

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...

This film gives a fictionalized version of how the popular real-life radio program of the title began.

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

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

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...

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

After some investigation, Robert Benchley finds his nerves are in a bad state. He has the jitters so bad he can't hold his cup still enough to drink...

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

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 takes a train ride to Washington, DC, on "important business."

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.