Robert Benchley Movies

  • 1944
    Important Business

    Important Business

    Important Business

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

    Important Business
  • 1943
    No News Is Good News

    No News Is Good News

    No News Is Good News

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    Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

    No News Is Good News
  • 1938
    How to Read

    How to Read

    How to Read

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

    How to Read
  • 1926
    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    The American Venus

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    A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most...

    The American Venus
  • 1936
    How to Behave

    How to Behave

    How to Behave

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    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...

    How to Behave
  • 1944
    Why Daddy?

    Why Daddy?

    Why Daddy?

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    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...

    Why Daddy?
  • 1943
    My Tomato

    My Tomato

    My Tomato

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    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...

    My Tomato
  • 1935
    How to Break 90 at Croquet

    How to Break 90 at Croquet

    How to Break 90 at Croquet

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    Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

    How to Break 90 at Croquet
  • 1941
    The Forgotten Man

    The Forgotten Man

    The Forgotten Man

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

    The Forgotten Man
  • 1941
    Waiting for Baby

    Waiting for Baby

    Waiting for Baby

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    Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

    Waiting for Baby
  • 1938
    An Evening Alone

    An Evening Alone

    An Evening Alone

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    Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

    An Evening Alone
  • 1970
    The Causes Of The Depression

    The Causes Of The Depression

    The Causes Of The Depression

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

    The Causes Of The Depression
  • 1935
    David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

    David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

    David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

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

    David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
  • 1942
    Keeping in Shape

    Keeping in Shape

    Keeping in Shape

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    Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

    Keeping in Shape
  • 1934
    Social Register

    Social Register

    Social Register

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    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....

    Social Register
  • 1941
    How to Take a Vacation

    How to Take a Vacation

    How to Take a Vacation

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

    How to Take a Vacation
  • 1929
    Furnace Trouble

    Furnace Trouble

    Furnace Trouble

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    Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

    Furnace Trouble
  • 1939
    Home Early

    Home Early

    Home Early

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

    Home Early
  • 1938
    Music Made Simple

    Music Made Simple

    Music Made Simple

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

    Music Made Simple
  • 1942
    Nothing But Nerves

    Nothing But Nerves

    Nothing But Nerves

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    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...

    Nothing But Nerves