Robert Benchley Movies

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

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...

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

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

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...

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

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...

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

The Spellbinder is a 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...

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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.

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

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

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...

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