Robert Benchley Movies

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

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

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...

Mr Benchley first expounded his interesting theory in December 1931, and as it remains the clearest and most searching analysis of the situation yet...

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

Chorus girl Patsy Shaw crashes a high-society party, meets playboy Charlie Breen, they fall in love, and are on their merry way to wedded bliss....

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

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

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

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

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...

Lesson No. 1 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...

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

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

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

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