An Hour for Lunch

Nice idea for a comedy short is offset by poor development of the script. ROBERT BENCHLEY, as usual, has some amusing moments but there are no big laughs here. He's a man instructing us to plan our time accordingly, demonstrating just how efficient he is by showing us how to get things done when one has an hour for lunch.

What could have been a very funny short is only mildly amusing. His intention to get a haircut is cut short when he sees the barbershop is too busy. His intention to avoid distractions is forgotten the moment he sees a toy salesman with a $2.50 toy animal he can't resist. And on it goes from one simple distraction to another.

Benchley was an amusing comedian but he seldom had top flight material and nowhere is this more evident than in some of the comedy shorts he made.