Robert Benchley Movies

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

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

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

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

When Joe Doakes listens to a quiz show on the radio and knows all the answers, his wife encourages him to go on a quiz show himself. He appears on a...

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

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...

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

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

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

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

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders...

Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

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

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

Mr Benchley first expounded his interesting theory in December 1931, and as it remains the clearest and most searching analysis of the situation yet...

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...

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.