Robert Benchley
Kiss and Tell (1945)
Kiss and Tell is a 1945 American comedy film starring then 17-year-old Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer. In the film, two teenage girls cause their respective parents much concern when they start to become interested in boys. The parents' bickering about which girl is the worse influence causes more problems than it solves.
Starring: Shirley Temple•Fred Astaire•Jerome Courtland•Rita Hayworth
Snafu (1945)
Snafu is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Jack Moss and written by Louis Solomon and Harold Buchman. It is based on the 1944 play Snafu by Louis Solomon and Harold Buchman. The film stars Robert Benchley, Barbara Jo Allen, Conrad Janis, Nanette Parks, Janis Wilson, Jimmy Lloyd and Enid Markey. The film was released on November 22, 1945, by C...
Starring: Jerome Courtland•Robert Benchley
Her Primitive Man (1944)
Her Primitive Man is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Michael Fessier and Ernest Pagano. The film stars Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Robert Benchley, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Stephanie Bachelor, Walter Catlett and Ernest Truex. The film was released on March 30, 1944, by Universal Pictures.
Starring: Jerome Courtland•Robert Paige•Frances Gifford
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
The Sky's The Limit is a 1943 romantic musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Joan Leslie, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by Edward H. Griffith, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Astaire plays a Flying Tiger pilot on leave. Robert T. Smith, a real former Flying Tiger pilot on leave before join...
Starring: Barbara Jo Allen•Jerome Courtland•Louise Allbritton•Robert Ryan
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 27, 1941. Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank, California, the film stars Algonquin Round Table member, film actor, writer and comedian Robert Benchley and many Dis...
Starring: Jerome Courtland•Rosalind Russell
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
You'll Never Get Rich is a 1941 American musical comedy film with a wartime theme directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The title stems from an old Army song which includes lyrics "You'll never get rich / By digging a ditch / You're in the Army now!"
Starring: Barbara Jo Allen•Rita Hayworth•Jerome Courtland
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Live, Love and Learn is a 1937 romantic comedy film starring Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, and Robert Benchley. The movie was directed by George Fitzmaurice.
Starring: Monty Woolley•Jerome Courtland•Frances Gifford