Robert Benchley Movies

  • 1943
    Young and Willing

    Young and Willing

    Young and Willing

    4.71943HD

    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...

    Young and Willing
  • 1933
    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    5.51933HD

    Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they...

    Blind Adventure
  • 1939
    Home Early

    Home Early

    Home Early

    01939HD

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

    Home Early
  • 2007
    The Pixar Story

    The Pixar Story

    The Pixar Story

    7.5552007HD

    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...

    The Pixar Story
  • 1941
    Nice Girl?

    Nice Girl?

    Nice Girl?

    5.31941HD

    Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice...

    Nice Girl?
  • 1987
    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    6.51987HD

    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...

    The Ten-Year Lunch
  • 1942
    I Married a Witch

    I Married a Witch

    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
  • 1942
    Take a Letter, Darling

    Take a Letter, Darling

    Take a Letter, Darling

    6.51942HD

    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...

    Take a Letter, Darling
  • 1945
    The Stork Club

    The Stork Club

    The Stork Club

    4.71945HD

    After aspiring singer Judy Peabody rescues the elderly J.B. Bates from drowning, she assumes that the disheveled man is a vagrant and goes back to...

    The Stork Club
  • 1946
    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

    5.8571946HD

    A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.

    The Bride Wore Boots
  • 1941
    The Forgotten Man

    The Forgotten Man

    The Forgotten Man

    91941HD

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

    The Forgotten Man
  • 1926
    You'd Be Surprised

    You'd Be Surprised

    You'd Be Surprised

    6.51926HD

    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...

    You'd Be Surprised
  • 1945
    Snafu

    Snafu

    Snafu

    61945HD

    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...

    Snafu
  • 1945
    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    6.11945HD

    The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

    Duffy's Tavern
  • 1944
    Why Daddy?

    Why Daddy?

    Why Daddy?

    5.21944HD

    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...

    Why Daddy?
  • 1982
    Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

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    While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

    Showbiz Goes to War
  • 1939
    An Hour for Lunch

    An Hour for Lunch

    An Hour for Lunch

    4.51939HD

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

    An Hour for Lunch
  • 1946
    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    61946HD

    Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

    Janie Gets Married
  • 1944
    Janie

    Janie

    Janie

    5.51944HD

    Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.

    Janie
  • 1939
    See Your Doctor

    See Your Doctor

    See Your Doctor

    5.81939HD

    A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man...

    See Your Doctor