Robert Benchley Movies

The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table...

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

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

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

A man humorously attempts to give an overview of income taxes.

Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

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...

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

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

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

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

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

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...

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

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