Movies: Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone....

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

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

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 incorrectly is being rationed as a war measure. Mrs. Doakes knows that tomatoes aren't rationed, but sh...

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

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early....

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

An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen....

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short....

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age....

American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father....

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

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

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

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 his coffee, and he thinks the arrival of some plumbers is just a giant conspiracy to keep him unnerve...

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his stock everyman and slightly bumbling character Joe Doakes to dramatize such situations. Situations that c...

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

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers....

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

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet....