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attempted to issue "tardy slips" for staff who were late. On one of these, Benchley wrote, in very small handwriting, an elaborate excuse involving a herd of elephants on 44th Street. These issues contributed to a general deterioration of morale in the offices, culminating in Parker's termination, allegedly due to complaints by the producers of the plays she criticised in her theatrical reviews. Upon learning of her termination, Benchley tendered his own resignation. It was mentioned in

300: 467:. Owing to an academic failure during his senior year due to an illness, Benchley would not receive his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard until the completion of his credits in 1913. His shortcoming was the submission of a "scholarly paper" – which Benchley eventually rectified by a treatise on the U.S. – Canadian Fisheries Dispute, written from the point of view of a cod. He took a position with Curtis soon after he received his diploma. 2721: 1612:'s protagonists, was based on Benchley himself; the character did not persist in Benchley's writing past the early 1930s, but survived in his speaking and acting roles. This character was apparent in Benchley's Ivy Oration during his Harvard graduation ceremonies, and would appear throughout his career, such as during "The Treasurer's Report" in the 1920s and his work in feature films in the 1930s. 686: 495:, and a failed practical joke at a company banquet further strained the relationship between Benchley and his superiors. He continued his attempts to develop his own voice within the publication, but Benchley and Curtis were not a good match, and he eventually quit, as Curtis was considering eliminating Benchley's role and he had been offered a job in Boston with a better salary 932:. The filming went quickly, and though he was convinced he didn't perform well as a screen performer, both shorts were financial and critical successes -- especially when considering that talking short-subject comedies were then in their infancy, and Benchley's pioneer efforts helped to establish them. Benchley featured in a third short not written by him, 670:. Leacock closely followed the increasing body of Benchley's published humor and wit, and began correspondence between them. He admitted to occasional borrowing of a Benchley topic for his own writings. Eventually, he began lobbying gently for Benchley to compile his columns into book form, and, in 1921, was delighted when the result of his nagging - 261:, the second son of Charles Henry Benchley and Maria Jane (Moran). They were of Welsh and Northern Irish (Protestant) ancestry, respectively, both from colonial stock. His brother Edmund was thirteen years older. Benchley was later known for writing elaborately fanciful autobiographical statements about himself (at one time asserting that he wrote 820:," featured Benchley as a nervous, disorganized man attempting to summarize an organization's yearly expenses. The revue was applauded by both spectators and fellow actors, with Benchley's performance receiving the biggest laughs. A reprise of "The Treasurer's Report" was often requested for future events, and 1619:

during the war did not lose their levity, either. He was not afraid to poke fun at the establishment (one piece he wrote was titled "Have You a Little German Agent in Your Home?"), and his common man observations often veered into angry rants, such as his piece "The Average Voter," where the namesake

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short, but Pete Smith was sick. It was going to be a thing on Simmons mattresses; they had this film of quick shots showing how many positions you take during an evening's sleep. They tried to have somebody else do it, who couldn't make it, and they finally came to my father and asked if he would try

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writing theatre reviews, which he would continue doing regularly through 1929, eventually taking complete control of the drama section. His reviews were known for their flair, and he often used them to publicise issues of concern to him, whether petty (people who cough during plays) or more important

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deteriorated upon management's return. They distributed a memo forbidding the discussion of salaries in an attempt to control the staff. Benchley, Parker, and Sherwood responded with a memo of their own, followed by placards around their necks detailing their exact salaries for all to see. Management

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in 1914, where he presented a practical joke involving "Professor Soong" giving a question-and-answer session on football in Chinese. In what the local press dubbed "the Chinese professor caper," Soong was played by a Chinese-American who had lived in the United States for more than thirty years, and

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fit Benchley's style very well, allowing his columns to have a humorous style, often as parodies. Benchley's work was published typically twice a month. Some of Benchley's columns, featuring a character he created, were attributed to his pseudonym Brighton Perry, but he took credit for most of them

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s Sunday magazine when it launched, and he was transferred to the magazine's staff soon after he was hired, eventually becoming chief writer. He wrote two articles a week: the first a review of non-literary books, the other a feature-style article about whatever he wanted. The liberty gave his work

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Benchley's return yielded two more short films, and his high-profile prompted negotiations for sponsorship of a Benchley radio program and numerous appearances on television shows, including the first television entertainment program ever broadcast, an untitled test program using an experimental

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in his first year, and continued to partake in the camaraderie that he had enjoyed at Phillips Exeter while still doing well in school. He did especially well in his English and government classes. His humor and style began to reveal themselves during this time: Benchley was often called upon to

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Benchley signed with MGM with an exclusive contract to work in Hollywood. The situation was not positive for Benchley, as the studio "mishandled" him and kept Benchley too busy to complete his own work. His contract concluded with only four short films completed and no chance of signing another

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and the large-scale introduction of the talkie movies he had begun working with years before. His arrival put him on the scene of a number of productions almost instantly. While Benchley was more interested in writing than acting, one of his more important roles as an actor was as a salesman in

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in the southern United States earned him and Gruening scrutiny from management. Amid accusations that both were pro-German (the United States was fighting Germany at the time), Benchley tendered his resignation in a terse letter, citing the lack of "rational proof that Dr. Gruening was guilty

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of the liver. While he completed his year's work, his condition continued to deteriorate, and he died in a New York hospital on November 21, 1945. His funeral was private, and his body was cremated and interred in a family plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery on the island of

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primarily used the latter style, which suited Benchley. While some of his pieces would not have been out of place in a crackerbarrel-style presentation, Benchley's reliance on puns and wordplay resonated more with the literary humorists, as shown by his success with

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entertain his fraternity brothers, and his impressions of classmates and professors became very popular. His performances gave him some local fame, and most entertainment programs on campus and many off-campus meetings recruited Benchley's talents.

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While Benchley's books and Paramount contract were giving him financial security, he was still unhappy with the turn his career had taken. By 1944 he was taking thankless roles in the studio's least distinguished films, like the rustic musical

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Benchley produced over 600 essays, which were initially compiled in twelve volumes, during his writing career. He also appeared in a number of films, including 48 short treatments that he mostly wrote or co-wrote and numerous feature films.

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was offered, Benchley accepted it, against the advice of many of his peers. This experience was a poor one, as Brady was extremely difficult to work for. Benchley resigned to become a publicity director for the federal government's

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for his final year of high school. Benchley reveled in the atmosphere at the academy, and he remained active in creative extracurricular activities, thereby damaging his academic credentials toward the end of his term.

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began in September 1921 and played until September 1922, with Benchley appearing in his eleven-minute skit eight times a week (evening performances on Monday through Saturday and matinees on Wednesday and Saturday).

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Nathaniel Benchley also became an author, and he published a biography of his father in 1955. He was also a well-respected fiction and children's book author. Nathaniel married and also had sons who became writers:

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His father served with the Union army for two years during the Civil War and had a four-year hitch in the Navy before settling again in Worcester, marrying and working as a town clerk. Benchley's grandfather

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of the piece "orgets what the paper said...so votes straight Republicrat ticket." His lighter fare did not hesitate to touch upon topical issues, drawing analogies between a football game and patriotism, or

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was often credited to Benchley's role), but the lure of moviemaking did not disappear, since RKO offered him a writing and acting contract for the next year for more money than he was making writing for

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and was promoted heavily, with a still from the film being used in Simmons advertisements. The only group not pleased was the Mellon Institute, which did not approve of the studio mocking their study.

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as a reporter. He was a very poor one, unable to get statements from people quoted in other papers, and eventually had greater success covering lectures around the city. He was promised a job with the

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s board of directors in his third year. The election of Benchley was unusual, as he was the publication's art editor and the board positions typically fell to the foremost writers on the staff. The

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that his style formed. The prominent styles of humor were then "crackerbarrel" — which relied on devices such as dialects and a disdain for formal education, in the style of humorists like

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in Worcester and was involved in academic and traveling theatrical productions during high school. Thanks to financial aid from his late brother's fiancée, Lillian Duryea, he could attend

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Things changed again for Benchley a number of years into the arrangement. A theatrical production by the members of the Round Table was put together in response to a challenge from actor

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stated that Benchley's columns were the only reason the magazine was read). He continued meeting with his friends at the Algonquin Hotel, and the group became popularly known as the

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500 a week for his brief act in order to get out of the situation entirely; when Harris replied "OK, Bob. But for $ 500 you better be good," Benchley was completely surprised. The

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By this time Robert Benchley's screen image was established as a comic lecturer who tried but failed to clarify any given topic. In this capacity Paramount cast him in the 1945

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pretended to answer questions in Chinese while Benchley "translated". While his fame increased, Benchley continued with freelance work, which included his first paid piece for

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After Benchley's resignation, he received many freelance offers. He worked constantly while claiming he was intensely lazy. He was offered $ 200 per basic subject article for

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In his films, the common man exaggerations continued. Much of his time in the films was spent spoofing himself, whether it was the affected nervousness of the treasurer in

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of...charges made against him..." and management's attempts to "smirch the character and the newspaper career of the first man in three years who has been able to make the

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Benchley's roles primarily came as a freelance actor, as his Paramount shorts contract didn't pay as well as feature films. Benchley was cast in minor roles for various

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The year 1939 was a bad year for Benchley's career. Besides the cancellation of his radio show, Benchley learned that MGM did not plan to renew his shorts contract, and

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which compiled many of Benchley's popular short films from his years at Paramount with other works from fellow humorists and writers Alexander Woollcott and

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for a six-week term writing screenplays at $ 500. While the session did not yield significant results, Benchley did get writing credit for producing the

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for a new series of one-reel shorts, all filmed at Paramount's Long Island studio in Astoria, New York. Most of them were adapted from his old essays.

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trial. The table gained prominence due to the media attention the members drew as well as their collective contributions to their respective areas.

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it was Oscar-nominated, and secured him a contract for more short subjects. These films were produced more quickly than his previous efforts (while

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work for the Curtis Company during the summer following graduation, while doing other odd service jobs, such as translating French catalogs for the

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Benchley, Robert (1914). "No Matter What Angle You Look at It, Alice Brookhausen Was a Girl Whom You Would Hesitate to Invite into Your Own Home".

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considered doing freelance work writing and illustrating theatrical reviews. Another English professor recommended that Benchley speak with the

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An influence upon Benchley's early professional career was the admiration and friendship of the Canadian economist, academic, and humorist Dr.

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Benchley had continued to receive positive responses from his performing, and in 1925 he accepted a standing invitation from movie producer

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Though Benchley had been a teetotaler in his youth, in later life he drank with increasing frequency, and eventually he was diagnosed with

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columns, Benchley gave up writing for good in 1943, signing one more contract with Paramount for feature films in December of that year.

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in 1914, titled "Hints on Writing a Book," a parody of the non-fiction pieces then popular. While Benchley's pieces were bought by

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during the first few years, and was later invited to be newspaper critic. Benchley initially wrote the column using the pseudonym

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needed less than twelve hours), and took their toll on Benchley. He still completed two shoots in one day (one of which was

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The Algonquin Round Table was a group of New York City writers and actors who met regularly between 1919 and 1929 at the

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at the beginning of 1918. His experience there was not much better, and when an opportunity was offered to return to the

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was taken from his 1931 story "The Real Public Enemies," showing the criminal tendencies of sinister household objects.

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Benchley had a number of similar jobs during the following years. His re-entry into public speaking followed the annual

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was based on his 1935 essay "Take the Witness!," with Benchley fantasizing about conquering a tough cross-examination;

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would say after his eventual resignation in 1929, "Mr. Benchley has left Dramatic Criticism for the Talking Movies".

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for which he is also credited as one of the dialogue writers. In 1941 Benchley received more feature-length roles:

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used Benchley as a reference point, citing Benchley's penchant for presenting "the commonplace as remarkable" in "

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failed to happen, Benchley decided he would continue freelancing, having made a name for himself at the magazine.

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Robert Benchley met Gertrude Darling in high school in Worcester. They became engaged during his senior year at

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The latter film is actually more notable for its coming-attractions trailer, "The Glamorous Robert Benchley in

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Reluctant to appear onstage as a regular performer, Benchley decided to ask Harris for the outlandish sum of

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caused Benchley to miss the autumn theatre openings, which embarrassed him (even if the relative success of

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The column, titled "Books and Other Things," was published for one year and included mundane topics such as

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terminated the magazine, and Benchley was out of work again. When a rumored vacancy for an editorial job at

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claimed that, "ore than anyone else, Robert Benchley influenced early writing style." Outsider filmmaker

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sympathies present in Robert's writing. Additionally, because the news about Edmund had arrived during a

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on United States fashion. This worried Sherwood, as he felt it could jeopardize his forthcoming raise.

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showing Mr. B.'s disastrous evening at the neighborhood moviehouse, was his greatest success since

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Upon its completion, MGM invited Benchley to write and perform in a short production inspired by a

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new life, and the success of his pieces in the magazine convinced his editors to give him a signed

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Benchley enrolled at Harvard University in 1908, again with Duryea's financial help. He joined the

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Benchley continued to freelance, submitting humor columns to a variety of publications, including

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wrote and performed in an acclaimed one-man production based on their grandfather Robert's life.

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for RKO. He continued to work in Hollywood a writer and performer, contributing dialogue for the

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is a 1994 American film that depicts the Round Table from the perspective of Dorothy Parker.

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frustrated with Benchley's film career taking precedence over his theatre column, appointed

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While starring in his short subjects Benchley returned to feature films, cast in the revue

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editors were unhappy with the evolving style and irreverence of the magazine. In 1917, the

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himself. Sherwood, Parker, and Benchley became friendly, often having long lunches at the

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position opened a number of other doors for Benchley, and he was quickly nominated to the

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During the time that Benchley was filming various short movies, he also began working at

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This freelancing attempt did not start out well, with Benchley selling just one piece to

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and accumulating countless rejections in two months. When a position as press agent for

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celebration, Robert for the rest of his life associated fireworks with Edmund's death.

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published an average of forty-eight Benchley columns per year during the early 1930s.

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to write a book review column three times per week for the same salary he received at

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Worn down, Benchley began his next commitment, motion-picture versions of his pieces

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to cast Benchley as a corpse), but the situation at the magazine deteriorated as the

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at the beginning of 1916, reviewing theatre in New York. This inspired staff at the

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offered him the job of managing editor. He accepted and began work there in 1919.

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Posthumously, Benchley's works continue to be released in books such as the 1983

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Benchley's definition of humor was simple: "Anything that makes people laugh."

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magazine offered him an associate editor job. Benchley mentioned this offer to

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meeting club as well as becoming the only undergraduate member of the Boston

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During his first two years at Harvard, Benchley worked with the publications

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from the Nantucket Historical Association Digital Exhibition: 'Sconset 02564

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magazine to creativity for articles (such as arranging for the producers of

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in 1898 when his class was graduated early to support preparations for the

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Robert's older brother Edmund (born March 3, 1876) was a 4th year cadet at

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Unfortunately for Benchley, however, his writing a syndicated column for

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from time to time, his work was sporadic, and he accepted a job with the

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Benchley's characters were typically exaggerated representations of the

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Benchley's humor inspired a number of later humorists and filmmakers.

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in New York City to contemporaries in the burgeoning film industry.

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Benchley is remembered best for his contributions to the magazine

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The work of Robert Benchley is as funny as it was 80 years ago.

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and in his largest role to that point, the lightweight comedy

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to a women's club. The longer, plot-driven shorts, such as

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contract. Following the printing of two books of his old

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List of Robert Benchley collections and film appearances

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Robert with elder brother Edmund, who was killed in the

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was a popular success and won Best Short Subject at the

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to request Benchley to perform it as part of Berlin's

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and Lieutenant Governor during the mid-1850s, went to

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In 1960, Benchley was posthumously inducted into the

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bosses, and "Books and Other Things" was terminated.

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Benchley was forced to take a publicity job with the

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with new editorial management, Benchley accepted it.

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Literary 'Sconset, the Benchleys, and John Steinbeck

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Benchley was also hired to help with the book for a

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Laughter's Gentle Soul: The Life of Robert Benchley

1026:Benchley re-entered Hollywood at the height of the 257:Robert Benchley was born on September 15, 1889, in 2415:Bryan, Joseph III (October 7, 1939). "Funny Man". 2628:Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin. 1717:Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin, 2790: 1615:Topical, current-event style pieces written for 851: 677: 2784:New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 2164: 2162: 1928: 1926: 1545:Benchley's humor was molded during his time at 1258:to take over in his stead. Following his final 2770:Robert C. Benchley Biography, Photos and Works 1594:known for the highbrow tastes of its readers. 790:. In April 1920, Benchley obtained a job with 234:(1941). Also, Benchley appeared as himself in 1827:https://www.robertbenchley.org/sob/edmund.htm 1172:, etc.) or coping with household situations ( 1146:to do it. That's what finally wound up being 2159: 1923: 1675:lists Benchley as an influence as well, and 1042:. Benchley took a role in the feature movie 988:for a movie that would eventually be titled 810:(the name being a pun of the European revue 470: 2782:, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, 1813: 1811: 2676: 2340:"Hollywood Walk of Fame - Robert Benchley" 1624:and diplomacy and economic relations with 655:to see if they would match it, as he felt 2879:Male actors from Worcester, Massachusetts 2421:. Vol. II. Philadelphia. p. 68. 1770: 1768: 1766: 1764: 1715:, and the 2005 collection of short films 995:and he acted in his first feature movie, 908:, did not have Benchley's name attached. 294: 2013: 1808: 1490: 1276: 684: 298: 2844:Alcohol-related deaths in New York City 1661:, author, onetime humor writer for the 1038:and his work attracted the interest of 16:American writer and actor (1889 – 1945) 2791: 1761: 645:, and he continued to freelance until 291:for which he was arrested and jailed. 2904:Writers from Worcester, Massachusetts 2414: 1795:, "Lemon Drops Around Us Are Falling" 1752: 1262:column in 1940, Benchley signed with 961:(the main conspirator in the English 751:, and a weekly freelance salary from 2884:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players 2007: 1160:was named Best Short Subject at the 87:Writer, critic, actor, film director 2408: 1123:study on sleep commissioned by the 1022:Benchley on film and "How to Sleep" 824:(who had been musical director for 709:and future friend and collaborator 341: 13: 2909:South High Community School alumni 1753:Yates, Norris W. (March 3, 1968). 1530:Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 621:, Benchley, along with new editor 247: 14: 2925: 2839:20th-century American male actors 2834:20th-century American journalists 2780:Robert Benchley papers, 1920–1956 2703:Works by or about Robert Benchley 2636: 1218:needed two days, the later short 1150:." The film was well received at 567:Benchley became unhappy with the 2719: 1635:or the discomfort in explaining 1238:- with the "Melody" provided by 31: 2829:20th-century American comedians 2620: 2607: 2598: 2589: 2580: 2568: 2556: 2547: 2536: 2524: 2515: 2506: 2497: 2488: 2479: 2470: 2461: 2452: 2443: 2434: 2425: 2399: 2387: 2378: 2369: 2358: 2346:. 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