Waiting for Baby
Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.
An Hour for Lunch
Benchley shows how to budget one’s time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned.
How to Raise a Baby
American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.
The Bride Wore Boots
A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.
Week-End at the Waldorf
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 a jewel thief; a soldier learns that…
The Stork Club
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…
It’s in the Bag!
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune…if he can find which chair it’s hidden in.
Young and Willing
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 the Paramount productions that…
Song of Russia
American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in love with beautiful Soviet pianist Nadya…
The Sky’s the Limit
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…
Nothing But Nerves
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,…
The Major and the Minor
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….
You’ll Never Get Rich
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as his object of affection’s boyfriend.
Nice Girl?
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…
Crime Control
A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders that have recently been brought in….
The Trouble with Husbands
Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands and…
Foreign Correspondent
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…
Broadway Melody of 1938
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…
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
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 the desert playground…
How to Be a Detective
This Robert Benchley ‘How To’ comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.
China Seas
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…
Headline Shooter
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Dancing Lady
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…
The Sex Life of the Polyp
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…