10 minutes
11/6/1937
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).
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)