Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Benchley anonyanyoyeukwa nokuda kwemipiro yake ku"The New Yorker", uko manyoro ake, angava aiva pamusoro kana kuti asina musoro, akapesvedzera vanyori vakawanda vemazuva ano vanonyomba. Akazviitirawo zita muHollywood, apo firimu rake pfupi rinonzi "How to Sleep" rakabudirira zvikuru uye rakakunda mubairo weBest Short Subject pa1935 Academy Awards
. Akaitawo mifananidzo yakawanda isingakanganwiki achitamba mumafirimu akadai saAlfred Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940) uye "Nice Girl?" (1941). Nhaka yake inosanganisira basa rakanyorwa uye kuoneka kwakawanda kwemafirimu mapfupi.