Robert Benchley Movies
- 1942

Nothing But Nerves
Nothing But Nerves4.51942HD
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...
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- 1924

Second Youth
Second Youth101924HD
1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
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- 1936

How to Train a Dog
How to Train a Dog7.51936HD
This comedic short provides a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.
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- 1941

Waiting for Baby
Waiting for Baby01941HD
Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.
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- 1935

How to Break 90 at Croquet
How to Break 90 at Croquet101935HD
Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.
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- 1944

Important Business
Important Business81944HD
Robert takes a train ride to Washington, DC, on "important business."
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- 1945

Snafu
Snafu71945HD
A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle...
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- 1939

How to Eat
How to Eat6.21939HD
Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...
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- 1928

The Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer's Report5.51928HD
Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.
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- 1935

How to Sleep
How to Sleep6.61935HD
A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his...
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- 1941

How to Take a Vacation
How to Take a Vacation8.31941HD
In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.
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- 1938

How to Read
How to Read5.41938HD
Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.
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- 1933

Your Technocracy and Mine
Your Technocracy and Mine101933HD
Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.
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- 1935

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer101935HD
Clip-filled promotional short by MGM Studios celebrating the body of work by producer David O. Selznick.
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- 1943

My Tomato
My Tomato7.51943HD
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...
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- 1936

How to Behave
How to Behave7.81936HD
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...
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- 1941

The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man91941HD
Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.
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- 1939

Home Early
Home Early81939HD
A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.
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- 1942

The Witness
The Witness6.61942HD
As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account...
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- 1929

Furnace Trouble
Furnace Trouble101929HD
Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.
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