Movies by Benny Rubin

Somewhat Secret

Somewhat Secret

At the Dimsdale Hall Finishing School, Assistant Dean Emily Godsall declares that any student who associates herself with swing music will be severely punished. Complications develop when she finds out that her boyfriend, a chemistry professor at the school, is also a well-known swing bandleader.

Montana Moon

Montana Moon

A wild-partying flapper marries a cowboy and tries to adjust to life on a western ranch.

The Untrained Seal

The Untrained Seal

A newborn seal pup has to learn how to fish on his own, without help from any of his family or friends.

Children of Pleasure

Children of Pleasure

A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

Gems of M-G-M

Gems of M-G-M

Benny Rubin performs vaudeville routines between singing and dancing acts.

Crazy House

Crazy House

Benny Rubin takes a tour of the Lame Brain Sanitarium and meets some of its strange patients.

Sunny Skies

Sunny Skies

Story of a football hero whose temper and drinking threaten his spot on the team, and his romantic life. His naive comical roommate remains his steadfast supporter.

Masterson of Kansas

Masterson of Kansas

Western lawman Bat Masterson sets out to prove a man standing trial for murder is innocent.

They Learned About Women

They Learned About Women

Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and gold-diggers get in the way.

The Headleys at Home

The Headleys at Home

In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that her husband invite a renowned financier, who is new in town, to their house for dinner. Her husband doesn't know the man, and is too intimidated to ask him; instead, he hires an actor to play him.

Fighting Mad

Fighting Mad

Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger and Leon capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issued for her arrest as a material witness. The bank robbers flee across the border into Canada where they steal a trailer in which they lock Ann and the loot. The hitch breaks and the trailer plunges into a lake. Sergeant Renfrew and Constable Kelly, of the Canadian Mounties, rescue Ann and she tells them she is a hitch-hiking tourist and gives a false name. Renfrew sends Kelly for aid, Ann escap...

Double Trouble

Double Trouble

Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.

The Promoter

The Promoter

Benny Rubin promotes a wrestling show but ends up wrestling Constantine "Strangler" Romanoff himself.

Zis Boom Bah

Zis Boom Bah

"Hey, kids, let's get together and put on a show!" That's the idea behind this raucous spoof about a vaudeville performer who's sent to college to spy on his bratty son.

The Messenger Boy

The Messenger Boy

Benny Rubin is a Messenger Boy who gets into trouble with everyone.

The Adventures of Jane Arden

The Adventures of Jane Arden

Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.