Movies: Robert Benchley
- 1944
Why Daddy? (1944)
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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. He appears on a new show called "Why Daddy?", where a child and an adult compete against each other, with less than s...
- 1946
Janie Gets Married (1946)
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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....
- 1943
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
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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 in the guise of a carefree drifter....
- 1943
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
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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 predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams....
- 1932
Sky Devils (1932)
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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 Mary's affections accidently destroy an ammunition dump....
- 1933
Headline Shooter (1933)
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A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot....
- 1936
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
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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 Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the riding path, but she quickly loses him. He searches all...
- 1941
Crime Control (1941)
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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. Shoelaces, for example, have an objectionable habit of breaking at ...
- 1943
My Tomato (1943)
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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. Mrs. Doakes knows that tomatoes aren't rationed, but sh...
- 1935
China Seas (1935)
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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 his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!...
- 1939
Home Early (1939)
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A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club....
- 1945
Pan-Americana (1945)
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A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls....
- 1940
The Trouble with Husbands (1940)
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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. Then she sends him to the store for some butter, and he comes back with everything - excep...
- 1942
The Major and the Minor (1942)
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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. She hides from the conductors in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby,...
- 1945
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
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The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy....
- 1942
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
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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....
- 1945
The Stork Club (1945)
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After aspiring singer Judy Peabody rescues the elderly J.B. Bates from drowning, she assumes that the disheveled man is a vagrant and goes back to her job checking hats at New York City's famed Stork Club. But Bates is actually a grateful millionaire...
- 1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
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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 the desert playground for the movie stars, the women are introduced to the cavalcade of stars vacati...
- 1942
Syncopation (1942)
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A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love....
- 1939
Dark Magic (1939)
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A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home....