Robert Benchley Movies

  • 1940
    Hired Wife

    Hired Wife

    Hired Wife

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    Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once...

    Hired Wife
  • 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
  • 1946
    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

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

    The Bride Wore Boots
  • 1926
    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    The American Venus

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    A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most...

    The American Venus
  • 1944
    Janie

    Janie

    Janie

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

    Janie
  • 1938
    How to Figure Income Tax

    How to Figure Income Tax

    How to Figure Income Tax

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

    How to Figure Income Tax
  • 1943
    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

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    A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

    Show-Business at War
  • 1945
    Week-End at the Waldorf

    Week-End at the Waldorf

    Week-End at the Waldorf

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    Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for...

    Week-End at the Waldorf
  • 1942
    Nothing But Nerves

    Nothing But Nerves

    Nothing But Nerves

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    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...

    Nothing But Nerves
  • 1961
    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

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    Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years
  • 1932
    Sky Devils

    Sky Devils

    Sky Devils

    5.51932HD

    Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes them into the war zone. While AWOL, the rivals for...

    Sky Devils
  • 1942
    Syncopation

    Syncopation

    Syncopation

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    A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

    Syncopation
  • 1939
    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

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

    How to Sub-Let
  • 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?
  • 1936
    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

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    Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being...

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
  • 1945
    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

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    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...

    Kiss and Tell
  • 1944
    See Here, Private Hargrove

    See Here, Private Hargrove

    See Here, Private Hargrove

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

    See Here, Private Hargrove
  • 1936
    Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

    6.51936HD

    Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with...

    Piccadilly Jim
  • 1946
    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

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    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
  • 1943
    Flesh and Fantasy

    Flesh and Fantasy

    Flesh and Fantasy

    6.8441943HD

    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...

    Flesh and Fantasy