Author, Screenwriter (15-Sep-1889 — 21-Nov-1945)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Billy Altman. Laughter's Gentle Soul: The Life of Robert Benchley. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Co.. 1997. 382pp.

Nathaniel Benchley. Robert Benchley: A Biography. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1955. 258pp.

Gordon E. Ernst, Jr.. Robert Benchley: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1995. 290pp.

Wes D. Gehring. "Mr. B" or Comforting Thoughts About the Bison: A Critical Biography of Robert Benchley. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1992. 288pp.

Babette Rosmond. Robert Benchley: His Life and Good Times. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. 1970. 239pp.

Norris W. Yates. Robert Benchley. New York: Twayne. 1968. 175pp.

PARALLELS

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Internet Movie Database [link]

4. Wikipedia [link]

5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers

6. The Film Encyclopedia, 5th Edition (p.115)

7. International Dictionary of 20th Century Biography (p.61)

8. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 5th Edition (p.135)

9. Webster's American Biographies (p.86)

10. New York Public Library Literature Companion (p.269)

11. Hutchinson Paperback Dictionary of Biography (p.47)

12. Twentieth Century Authors (p.113)

13. The Oxford Companion to American Literature, 5th Edition (p.66)

14. Benet's Readers Encyclopedia, 4th Edition (p.94)

15. Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography (p.54)

16. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (vol.1, p.219)

17. Legends in Their Own Time (p.22)

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