Movies: Robert Benchley

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short....

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

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

Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation....

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum....

A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls....

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short....

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age....

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 and shave. Then she sends him to the store for some butter, and he comes back with everything - excep...

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders that have recently been brought in. Shoelaces, for example, have an objectionable habit of breaking at ...

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

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 of the ways that a government investigative committee has been interrogating its witnesses. Joe then...

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

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

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers....

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone....

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. However, Charlie's snobbish, ever-loving mama doesn't think that Patsy is worthy and sets out to prove it...

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 his coffee, and he thinks the arrival of some plumbers is just a giant conspiracy to keep him unnerve...

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

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet....