Robert Benchley Filmes

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

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

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

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

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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....

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

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

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

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

Lesson No. 1 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...