Movies: Robert Benchley

  • 1940
    Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent (1940)

    Foreign Correspondent

    71940HD

    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 assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an...

    Foreign Correspondent
  • 2007
    The Pixar Story

    The Pixar Story (2007)

    The Pixar Story

    7.52007HD

    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 its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eigh...

    The Pixar Story
  • 1941
    The Reluctant Dragon

    The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

    The Reluctant Dragon

    6.61941HD

    Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation p...

    The Reluctant Dragon
  • 1942
    The Major and the Minor

    The Major and the Minor (1942)

    The Major and the Minor

    71942HD

    Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a twelve-year-old to travel for half the price. She hides from the conductors in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby,...

    The Major and the Minor
  • 1942
    I Married a Witch

    I Married a Witch (1942)

    I Married a Witch

    6.81942HD

    A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her....

    I Married a Witch
  • 1941
    You'll Never Get Rich

    You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

    You'll Never Get Rich

    6.61941HD

    A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection....

    You'll Never Get Rich
  • 1946
    Road to Utopia

    Road to Utopia (1946)

    Road to Utopia

    6.61946HD

    While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for him...

    Road to Utopia
  • 1933
    Dancing Lady

    Dancing Lady (1933)

    Dancing Lady

    71933HD

    Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from ...

    Dancing Lady
  • 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.81976HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers....

    That's Entertainment, Part II
  • 1935
    China Seas

    China Seas (1935)

    China Seas

    6.31935HD

    Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!...

    China Seas
  • 1943
    Flesh and Fantasy

    Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

    Flesh and Fantasy

    6.71943HD

    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 predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams....

    Flesh and Fantasy
  • 1943
    The Sky's the Limit

    The Sky's the Limit (1943)

    The Sky's the Limit

    6.11943HD

    Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter....

    The Sky's the Limit
  • 1937
    Broadway Melody of 1938

    Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

    Broadway Melody of 1938

    6.21937HD

    Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents ha...

    Broadway Melody of 1938
  • 1987
    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    6.41987HD

    The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The...

    The Ten-Year Lunch
  • 1937
    Live, Love and Learn

    Live, Love and Learn (1937)

    Live, Love and Learn

    5.81937HD

    A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy....

    Live, Love and Learn
  • 1964
    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    6.31964HD

    Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history....

    The Big Parade of Comedy
  • 1938
    How to Read

    How to Read (1938)

    How to Read

    5.21938HD

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

    How to Read
  • 1928
    The Sex Life of the Polyp

    The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)

    The Sex Life of the Polyp

    4.51928HD

    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 to display his live specimens, he has prepared a series of pictures of his subjects. He explains that...

    The Sex Life of the Polyp
  • 1945
    The Stork Club

    The Stork Club (1945)

    The Stork Club

    5.51945HD

    Director Hal Walker's 1945 musical comedy stars Betty Hutton as a hat-check girl at New York City's famous nightclub. The cast also includes Barry Fitzgerald, Don Defore, Andy Russell, Iria Adrian and Robert Benchley....

    The Stork Club
  • 1941
    Three Girls About Town

    Three Girls About Town (1941)

    Three Girls About Town

    5.31941HD

    Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try ...

    Three Girls About Town