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How to Sleep is a short comedy film written by and starring humorist Robert Benchley. Filmed and released by MGM in 1935 (as part of their "Miniatures" series), it features Benchley as a narrator as well as film subject, discussing four parts of sleep—causes, methods, avoiding sleep, and waking up.
In the film Benchley explains that sleep comes from the blood flowing out of the brain. The comedian then explains some of the possible ways to make this happen before he turns his attention to the many positions one sleeps in at night.
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- Comedy, Short
- Nick Grinde
- 1935-09-14
Feb 21, 2006 · The two shorts from 1928 are interesting for their historical significance (and for preserving two of Benchley's best known routines), but the print for The Treasurer's Report has specks of lint in it which obscure the picture for at least half of its 10 minute running time.
Ec*TitleYearStudioF1Boogie Woogie1945ParamountF2Courtship of the Newt, The1938M-G-MF3Crime Control1941ParamountF4Dark Magic1939M-G-M"How to Sleep" is a funny MGM short starring - and narrated by - Robert Benchley, the famed humorist and light sleeper. In this film, Benchley illustrates how to induce sleep, how to avoid sleep, how to awaken, and how to drive yourself bonkers.
The Oscar-winning How To Sleep is probably the prototypical — and best-known — Robert Benchley short. I actually prefer A Night At The Movies, released two years later, but this one is nearly as good. It also serves as an ideal introduction to his work on film.
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Nick Grindé
Robert Benchley tries to teach the audience how to sleep and how to fall asleep.
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Benchley's 1937 short A Night at the Movies, showing Mr. B.'s disastrous evening at the neighborhood moviehouse, was his greatest success since How to Sleep: it was Oscar-nominated, and secured him a contract for more short subjects.
