Robert Benchley Movie Trailers
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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.
That Inferior Feeling Trailer (1940)
20 January 1940
Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined).
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.
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.
How to Figure Income Tax Trailer (1938)
01 March 1938
A man humorously attempts to give an overview of income taxes.
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.
Your Technocracy and Mine Trailer (1933)
31 March 1933
Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.
How to Read Trailer (1938)
27 August 1938
Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.
How to Train a Dog Trailer (1936)
01 July 1936
This comedic short provides a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.
How to Raise a Baby Trailer (1938)
01 July 1938
American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.
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.
My Tomato Trailer (1943)
04 December 1943
Joe Doakes is lamenting to his wife the lack of variety in his meals. In particular, he misses eating stewed tomatoes, the fruit which he believes incorrectly is being rationed as a war measure.
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.
Stewed, Fried and Boiled Trailer (1929)
29 March 1929
Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.
The Sport Parade Trailer (1932)
11 November 1932
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
The Witness Trailer (1942)
01 January 1942
As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account of the ways that a government investigative committee has been interrogating its witnesses.
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer Trailer (1935)
01 January 1935
Clip-filled promotional short by MGM Studios celebrating the body of work by producer David O. Selznick.
How to Break 90 at Croquet Trailer (1935)
04 June 1935
Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.
Music Made Simple Trailer (1938)
16 March 1938
Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.
The Romance of Digestion Trailer (1937)
13 March 1937
A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and digesting food.
The National Barn Dance Trailer (1944)
24 September 1944
This film gives a fictionalized version of how the popular real-life radio program of the title began.
The Ten-Year Lunch Trailer (1987)
28 September 1987
The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s.
Bedtime Story Trailer (1941)
25 December 1941
A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce.
I'm a Civilian Here Myself Trailer (1945)
01 January 1945
A comic training film designed to help sailors readjust to civilain life after World War II.
Take a Letter, Darling Trailer (1942)
06 May 1942
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 end up falling in love.
Three Girls About Town Trailer (1941)
23 October 1941
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it.
Song of Russia Trailer (1944)
10 February 1944
American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
Broadway Melody of 1938 Trailer (1937)
20 August 1937
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee.
The Treasurer's Report Trailer (1928)
11 March 1928
Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.
Boogie Woogie Trailer (1945)
15 June 1945
While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.
Dark Magic Trailer (1939)
12 May 1939
A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.
Sky Devils Trailer (1932)
12 March 1932
Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes them into the war zone.
The American Venus Trailer (1926)
31 January 1926
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 competitive rival in the cosmetics business.
Flesh and Fantasy Trailer (1943)
29 October 1943
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
How to Sleep Trailer (1935)
14 September 1935
A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his audience to sleep.
Important Business Trailer (1944)
29 April 1944
Robert takes a train ride to Washington, DC, on "important business."
How to Watch Football Trailer (1938)
07 October 1938
Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.
Why Daddy? Trailer (1944)
20 May 1944
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.
How to Start the Day Trailer (1937)
11 November 1937
Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.