Ruth Lee Movies

A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is...

Radio's miracle show is on the screen.

In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver then foils the crooked Sheriff's attempt to have Red...

Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat...

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...

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders...

A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.

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...

The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.

General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical joke being played on them.

A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.

A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.

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...

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

In a train station, Army recruiting sergeant Ames attempts to enlist a group of young men with blandishments of travel and glamour in the Army.

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

After the Civil War, veteran Jim Christi (Allan Lane) returns to Texas, where he is unjustly accused of murder. In flashback, Mr. Christi relates the...

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.