Robert Benchley Movies

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of...

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

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who...

A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table...

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

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...

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an...

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

Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic...

A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.

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

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

A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they...

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when...

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of...

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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...

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

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...