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How to Sleep

How to Sleep

A humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.

Genres

Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

11 mins

Rating

6.438/10

Release Date

14 September 1935

Country

United States of America

Cast

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Host / Narrator

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