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How to Sleep(Movie, 1935)

11min | Genre: Comedy
How to SleepRating: 3.2/5 (with 66 votes)
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. The production was inspired by a Mellon Institute study on sleep commissioned by the Simmons Mattress Company. It was filmed in two days, and featured Benchley as both the narrator and sleeper, the latter a role Benchley claimed was "not much of a strain, as [he] was in bed most of the time." Benchley was in fact a last-minute participant. As his son Nathaniel Benchley recalled, "How to Sleep was supposed to be a Pete Smith short, but Pete Smith was sick. It was going to be a thing on Simmons mattresses; they had this film of quick shots showing how many positions you take during an evening's sleep. They tried to have somebody else do it, who couldn't make it, and they finally came to my father and asked if he would try to do it. That's what finally wound up being How to Sleep." The film was well received in previews and was promoted heavily, with a still from the film being used in Si... ()
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Awards & Nominations for How to Sleep

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy

About How to Sleep

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

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/14/1935
Director: Nick Grinde
Producer: Jack Chertok
Screenwriter: Robert Benchley
Keywords: sleep, insomnia
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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