Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Benchley anoyeukwa zvikurukuru nokuda kwezvipo zvake ku"The New Yorker", uko manyoro ake, angava aiva nenyaya dzomunguva yazvino kana kuti asina musoro, akafurira vanyori vakawanda vemazuva ano vanonyomba. Akagadzirawo zita rake muHollywood, apo firimu rake pfupi rinonzi "How to Sleep" rakabudirira zvikuru uye rakakunda mubairo weBest Short Subject pa
Mubairo weAcademy muna 1935. 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.