Robert Benchley Trailers
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Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Most Popular Robert Benchley Trailers
Total trailers found: 105
The Trouble with Husbands Trailer (1940)
08 November 1940
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 shave.
Keeping in Shape Trailer (1942)
22 June 1942
Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.
Headline Shooter Trailer (1933)
28 July 1933
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
How to Take a Vacation Trailer (1941)
09 October 1941
In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.
A Night at the Movies Trailer (1937)
06 November 1937
A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York.
How to Eat Trailer (1939)
10 June 1939
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.
Home Early Trailer (1939)
26 May 1939
A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.
Hollywood Victory Caravan Trailer (1945)
30 September 1945
A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.
Second Youth Trailer (1924)
06 April 1924
1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
Blind Adventure Trailer (1933)
18 August 1933
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe.
Nice Girl? Trailer (1941)
21 February 1941
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.
No News Is Good News Trailer (1943)
18 December 1943
Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.
How to Read Trailer (1938)
27 August 1938
Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs Trailer (1936)
11 January 1936
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs.
The Pixar Story Trailer (2007)
28 August 2007
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 its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits.
Murder on a Honeymoon Trailer (1935)
22 February 1935
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 Trailer (2004)
31 May 2004
Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a docile dragon the art of being a force to be reckoned with.
The Big Parade of Comedy Trailer (1964)
02 September 1964
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Home Movies Trailer (1940)
17 February 1940
A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.
China Seas Trailer (1935)
09 August 1935
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold.
How to Figure Income Tax Trailer (1938)
01 March 1938
A man humorously attempts to give an overview of income taxes.
See Your Doctor Trailer (1939)
16 December 1939
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 has when he seeks treatment at the doctor's office.
The Sex Life of the Polyp Trailer (1928)
25 July 1928
Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism.
Snafu Trailer (1945)
22 November 1945
A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge.
Pan-Americana Trailer (1945)
22 March 1945
A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls.
Live, Love and Learn Trailer (1937)
29 October 1937
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married.
Kiss and Tell Trailer (1945)
04 October 1945
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 suspected of being pregnant.
The Bride Wore Boots Trailer (1946)
05 June 1946
A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.
Her Primitive Man Trailer (1944)
29 May 1944
An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.
The Forgotten Man Trailer (1941)
22 May 1941
Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.
Social Register Trailer (1934)
10 March 1934
Chorus girl Patsy Shaw crashes a high-society party, meets playboy Charlie Breen, they fall in love, and are on their merry way to wedded bliss.
How to Sub-Let Trailer (1939)
29 January 1939
A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.
Syncopation Trailer (1942)
22 May 1942
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
Hired Wife Trailer (1940)
13 September 1940
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.
Foreign Correspondent Trailer (1940)
16 August 1940
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war.
I Married a Witch Trailer (1942)
30 October 1942
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.
The Courtship of the Newt Trailer (1938)
22 July 1938
Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation.
How to Behave Trailer (1936)
25 April 1936
Two men working below a manhole cover wonder what they would do if a woman was to fall in. This leads to one of the workers saying that Robert Benchley always has the best advice about any social situation.
Sunday Night at the Trocadero Trailer (1937)
02 October 1937
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters.
Waiting for Baby Trailer (1941)
24 January 1941
Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.
Janie Trailer (1944)
02 September 1944
Teenage Janie falls in love with a private from an Army base opposed by her editor father.
Janie Gets Married Trailer (1946)
22 June 1946
Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.
The Reluctant Dragon Trailer (1941)
19 June 1941
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 be ferocious.
The Major and the Minor Trailer (1942)
16 September 1942
Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home.
Showbiz Goes to War Trailer (1982)
31 December 1982
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 American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare.
Show-Business at War Trailer (1943)
21 May 1943
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Road to Utopia Trailer (1946)
27 February 1946
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs.
Young and Willing Trailer (1943)
05 February 1943
A group of young stage hopefuls tries to persuade a theatrical producer to give them their big chance at stardom.
Nothing But Nerves Trailer (1942)
02 January 1942
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 unnerved.
That's Entertainment, Part II Trailer (1976)
16 May 1976
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Your Technocracy and Mine Trailer (1933)
31 March 1933
Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.
Dancing Lady Trailer (1933)
24 November 1933
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 real Broadway musical being directed by Patch.
See Here, Private Hargrove Trailer (1944)
18 March 1944
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences.
Week-End at the Waldorf Trailer (1945)
04 October 1945
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 without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
Crime Control Trailer (1941)
11 April 1941
A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals.
Opening Day Trailer (1938)
12 November 1938
The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.
Duffy's Tavern Trailer (1945)
28 September 1945
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
An Evening Alone Trailer (1938)
13 May 1938
Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.
The Sky's the Limit Trailer (1943)
13 July 1943
Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave.
