Robert Benchley Movies

  • 1941
    Bedtime Story

    Bedtime Story

    Bedtime Story

    5.81941HD

    A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few...

    Bedtime Story
  • 1933
    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    6.21933HD

    Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they...

    Blind Adventure
  • 1940
    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    71940HD

    A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.

    Home Movies
  • 1932
    Sky Devils

    Sky Devils

    Sky Devils

    51932HD

    Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes them into the war zone. While AWOL, the rivals for...

    Sky Devils
  • 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
  • 1939
    Dark Magic

    Dark Magic

    Dark Magic

    6.81939HD

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

    Dark Magic
  • 1936
    How to Be a Detective

    How to Be a Detective

    How to Be a Detective

    6.91936HD

    This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

    How to Be a Detective
  • 1945
    I'm a Civilian Here Myself

    I'm a Civilian Here Myself

    I'm a Civilian Here Myself

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    A comic training film designed to help sailors readjust to civilain life after World War II.

    I'm a Civilian Here Myself
  • 1939
    An Hour for Lunch

    An Hour for Lunch

    An Hour for Lunch

    6.21939HD

    Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.

    An Hour for Lunch
  • 1938
    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    Opening Day

    6.51938HD

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

    Opening Day
  • 1942
    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    6.81942HD

    In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer, who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George....

    Syncopation
  • 1945
    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    6.41945HD

    The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

    Duffy's Tavern
  • 1944
    The National Barn Dance

    The National Barn Dance

    The National Barn Dance

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

    The National Barn Dance
  • 1946
    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    7.31946HD

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

    Janie Gets Married
  • 1945
    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    6.31945HD

    Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly...

    Kiss and Tell
  • 1933
    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    6.31933HD

    A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

    Headline Shooter
  • 1940
    Hired Wife

    Hired Wife

    Hired Wife

    6.81940HD

    Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once...

    Hired Wife
  • 1937
    How to Start the Day

    How to Start the Day

    How to Start the Day

    6.61937HD

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

    How to Start the Day
  • 1938
    How to Read

    How to Read

    How to Read

    5.41938HD

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

    How to Read
  • 1939
    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    5.81939HD

    A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.

    How to Sub-Let