A Night at the Movies

A Night at the Movies

6/11/1937 0h 10m 5.5/10

Overview

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).

Director

Roy Rowland

Top Billed Cast

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Jack Baxley

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Betty Ross Clarke

Betty Ross Clarke

Wife (uncredited)

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Husband

King Baggot

King Baggot

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/30/2025

6/10

Finally agreeing on which film to see, Robert Benchley and his (uncredited) wife Betty Ross Clarke set off in time to watch the feature. There is a free lottery to win a shiny new car in the foyer and that’s where the tickets are accidentally placed, so ensuring the rest of their visit gets off on a typically unfortunate foot! It pans out with the usual cinema nuisances and as Benchley gets more irritated by his experience, he leaves the auditorium and struggles to find his way back into what appears to be the world’s s largest circular cinema. It’s an amiable critique of going to the movies, and for those of us who regularly attend them there are certainly some truths that ring true around selfishness and lack of self-awareness, but I think this rather over-contrives the scenarios and his bumbling can go wrong, will go wrong character actually began to annoy me quite quickly.

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