A Night at the Movies

A Night at the Movies

10 mins | Comedy | Nov. 6, 1937

A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York. In this comedic short, a man and his wife suffer through a night at the movies. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 10th Academy Awards, held in 1937, for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

A Night at the Movies

10 mins | Comedy | Nov. 6, 1937

A Night at the Movies
A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York. In this comedic short, a man and his wife suffer through a night at the movies. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 10th Academy Awards, held in 1937, for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title A Night at the Movies
Directors Roy Rowland
Writers

Cast

Robert Benchley

as Husband

Betty Ross Clarke

as Wife (uncredited)

King Baggot

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Jack Baxley

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

as Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Ricardo Lord Cezon

as Child Who Stares (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

as Mr. Pennelly (uncredited)

Flora Finch

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Gwen Lee

as Cashier (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Artie Ortego

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Frank Sheridan

as Mr. Baum (uncredited)