Robert Benchley
- 1946
The Bride Wore Boots
The Bride Wore BootsJun. 05, 1946 HD
A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.
Actors:Barbara Stanwyck, Diana Lynn, Gregory Marshall, Mary Young, Natalie Wood, Patric Knowles, Peggy Wood, Robert Benchley, Robert Cummings, Willie Best
- 1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
Week-End at the Waldorf6.6 Oct. 04, 1945 HD
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and ...
Actors:Edward Arnold, Ginger Rogers, Keenan Wynn, Lana Turner, Leon Ames, Lina Romay, Phyllis Thaxter, Robert Benchley, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon
- 1945
The Stork Club
The Stork Club6.4 Dec. 28, 1945 HD
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 ...
Actors:Andy Russell, Barry Fitzgerald, Betty Hutton, Bill Goodwin, Don DeFore, Iris Adrian, Mary Young, Mikhail Rasumny, Noel Neill, Robert Benchley
- 1946
Road to Utopia
Road to UtopiaFeb. 27, 1946 HD
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 ...
Genre: Adventure,Comedy,Family,Music
Actors:Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Douglass Dumbrille, George Anderson, Hillary Brooke, Jack La Rue, Nestor Paiva, Robert Barrat, Robert Benchley
- 1945
It’s in the Bag!
It’s in the Bag!6.6 Apr. 21, 1945 HD
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune…if he can find which chair it’s hidden in.
Genre: Comedy
Actors:Binnie Barnes, Don Ameche, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Jerry Colonna, John Carradine, Robert Benchley, Rudy Vallee, Victor Moore, William Bendix
- 1943
Young and Willing
Young and WillingFeb. 05, 1943 HD
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists’ films during the war years, this is ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Barbara Britton, Eddie Bracken, Florence MacMichael, James Brown, Jay Fassett, Mabel Paige, Martha O'Driscoll, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, William Holden
- 1944
Song of Russia
Song of Russia5.8 Feb. 10, 1944 HD
American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls ...
Genre: Drama,Music,Romance,War
Actors:Darryl Hickman, Felix Bressart, Jacqueline White, Joan Lorring, John Hodiak, Michael Chekhov, Patricia Prest, Robert Benchley, Robert Taylor, Susan Peters
- 1943
The Sky’s the Limit
The Sky’s the Limit6.3 Jul. 13, 1943 HD
Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron’s personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He ...
Actors:Bobby Barber, Elizabeth Patterson, Eric Blore, Fred Astaire, Freddie Slack, Joan Leslie, Marjorie Gateson, Neil Hamilton, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan
- 1942
Nothing But Nerves
Nothing But NervesJan. 02, 1942 HD
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 ...
Genre:
Actors:Robert Benchley
- 1942
The Major and the Minor
The Major and the MinorSep. 16, 1942 HD
Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn’t enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a ...
Actors:Charles Smith, Diana Lynn, Edward Fielding, Frankie Thomas, Ginger Rogers, Larry Nunn, Ray Milland, Raymond Roe, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley
- 1942
I Married a Witch
I Married a WitchOct. 30, 1942 HD
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
Genre: Comedy,Fantasy,Horror,Romance
Actors:Brooks Benedict, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Bates, Elizabeth Patterson, Fredric March, Georgia Backus, Robert Benchley, Robert Warwick, Susan Hayward, Veronica Lake
- 1941
You’ll Never Get Rich
You’ll Never Get Rich6.7 Sep. 25, 1941 HD
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
Actors:Cliff Nazarro, Donald MacBride, Fred Astaire, Frieda Inescort, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, John Hubbard, Marjorie Gateson, Osa Massen, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley
- 1941
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon6.7 Jun. 19, 1941 HD
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 ...
Genre: Animation,Comedy,Family
Actors:Barnett Parker, Billy Lee, Buddy Pepper, Clarence Nash, Claud Allister, Florence Gill, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant, Norman Ferguson, Robert Benchley
- 1941
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl?6.5 Feb. 21, 1941 HD
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 ...
Actors:Ann Gillis, Anne Gwynne, Deanna Durbin, Elisabeth Risdon, Franchot Tone, Helen Broderick, Nana Bryant, Robert Benchley, Robert Stack, Walter Brennan
- 1941
Crime Control
Crime ControlApr. 11, 1941 HD
A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several ...
Genre: Comedy
Actors:Robert Benchley, Ruth Lee
- 1940
The Trouble with Husbands
The Trouble with HusbandsNov. 08, 1940 HD
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 ...
Genre: Comedy
Actors:Robert Benchley, Ruth Lee
- 1940
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent7.4 Aug. 16, 1940 HD
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 ...
Genre: Action,Mystery,Thriller
Actors:Albert Bassermann, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Ciannelli, George Sanders, Harry Davenport, Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Martin Kosleck, Robert Benchley
- 1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938Aug. 20, 1937 HD
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 ...
Actors:Binnie Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Charles Igor Gorin, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Judy Garland, Raymond Walburn, Robert Benchley, Robert Taylor, Sophie Tucker
- 1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs5.3 Aug. 05, 1936 HD
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest – one woman from each state of the United States – are welcomed to Palm Springs. ...
Genre:
Actors:Betty Furness, Betty Grable, Buster Keaton, Dick Foran, Edmund Lowe, Frankie Darro, Jackie Coogan, Johnny Weissmüller, Peter Lind Hayes, Robert Benchley
- 1936
How to Be a Detective
How to Be a Detective5.5 Oct. 17, 1936 HD
This Robert Benchley ‘How To’ comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.
Actors:Arthur Hoyt, Dewey Robinson, Robert Benchley
- 1935
China Seas
China SeasAug. 09, 1935 HD
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That’s not ...
Actors:C. Aubrey Smith, Clark Gable, Dudley Digges, Jean Harlow, Lewis Stone, Liev De Maigret, Robert Benchley, Rosalind Russell, Wallace Beery, William Henry
- 1933
Headline Shooter
Headline ShooterJul. 28, 1933 HD
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Actors:Betty Furness, Frances Dee, Gregory Ratoff, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack La Rue, June Brewster, Ralph Bellamy, Robert Benchley, Wallace Ford, William Gargan
- 1933
Dancing Lady
Dancing LadyNov. 24, 1933 HD
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps ...
Actors:Art Jarrett, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Grant Mitchell, Joan Crawford, May Robson, Robert Benchley, Ted Healy, Winnie Lightner
- 1928
The Sex Life of the Polyp
The Sex Life of the PolypJul. 25, 1928 HD
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 ...
Genre: Comedy
Actors:Robert Benchley