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How to Sleep(1935)
Status: Released
Date: 1935-09-14
67%
18 Votes
Time: 0h 11m
A humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.
Overview:
A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his audience to sleep. He plans to examine the causes of sleep, the causes of insomnia, and recent research on sleep, including a time-lapse film of a man changing positions 55 times during an 8-hour rest: why exercise, he asks, when you can sleep like a top? The film instructs one on how to get a drink of water during the night without waking completely, and other useful skills for the insomniac.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: How to Sleep
Top 1 Billed Cast
Robert Benchley
Host / Narrator
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Overview
A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his audience to sleep. He plans to examine the causes of sleep, the causes of insomnia, and recent research on sleep, including a time-lapse film of a man changing positions 55 times during an 8-hour rest: why exercise, he asks, when you can sleep like a top? The film instructs one on how to get a drink of water during the night without waking completely, and other useful skills for the insomniac.
Release Date
1935-09-14
Average
6.667
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
A humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.
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