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How to Read

  • 1938
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Robert Benchley in How to Read (1938)
SatireComedyShort

Humorist Robert Benchley offers a tongue-in-cheek lesson on how to avoid eye strain while reading.Humorist Robert Benchley offers a tongue-in-cheek lesson on how to avoid eye strain while reading.Humorist Robert Benchley offers a tongue-in-cheek lesson on how to avoid eye strain while reading.

  • Director
    • Roy Rowland
  • Writers
    • Robert Benchley
    • Kin Platt
  • Stars
    • Robert Benchley
    • Barbara Bedford
    • Marie Blake
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    • Director
      • Roy Rowland
    • Writers
      • Robert Benchley
      • Kin Platt
    • Stars
      • Robert Benchley
      • Barbara Bedford
      • Marie Blake
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    Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley
    • Lecturer
    Barbara Bedford
    Barbara Bedford
    • Dental Patient
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    Marie Blake
    Marie Blake
    • Nagging Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Hal K. Dawson
    • Annoying Club Member
    • (uncredited)
    Mahlon Hamilton
    Mahlon Hamilton
    • Man in Library
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roy Rowland
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      • Robert Benchley
      • Kin Platt
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    • Goofs
      The pamphlet Robert Benchley reads from at the conclusion is made up of blank sheets of paper.
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      Lecturer: Here we have a man who's on the brink of subjecting his eyes to one of the more common, and more serious, forms of eye strain. He's about to read in bed. At least, he thinks that he's about to read in bed, which shows just how little he knows about life.

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    6/10

    Amusing

    Another in MGM's "How To" series of shorts starring Robert Benchley. This time Benchley discusses reading problems such as eye strain and other things. Funny stuff but not really laugh-out-loud funny. More amusing than anything else, but that was generally true of this entire series. This one also has Marie Blake offering fun support.
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    • Release date
      • August 27, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Loew's
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    • Runtime
      9 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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