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14/09/1935 Comedy 0h 11m
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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.

  1. Nick Grindé

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Benchley

    Host / Narrator

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-28
One of life’s imponderables. Why is it that when we have no need to get up in the morning, we can rest easy but when we do, we toss and turn until ten minutes before we need to get up? Well this quite amiable short feature allows Robert Benchley to talk us through the do’s and don’ts of trying to get some sleep. Late night fridge-raiding doesn’t help, nor do dripping taps, or open windows or too much bedding. Apparently, we change positions at night some fifty-five times and using some fun time-lapse photography and an entertaining narration we look at some of the comfortable, foetal a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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