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Robert Benchley And The Knights Of The Algonquin

  
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One of the leading lights of the Algonquin Round Table, writer and humorist Robert Benchley, is featured in a selection of 11 short films he made for the Fox and Paramount studios. Included are "The Treasurer's Report" (1928), "The Sex Life Of A Polyp" (1928), "The Trouble With Husbands" (1940), "The Witness" (1941), "Crime Control" (1941), "The Man's Angle" (1942), and more, along with Alexander Woollcott in "Mr. W's Little Game" (1934), and Donald Ogden Stewart in "Humorous Flights" (1929) and "Traffic Regulations" (1929). 136 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
 
SKU: D51567
$29.99
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Category:
Comedy
Director:
Thomas Chalmers
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format: 
DVD Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
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