The Robert Benchley Miniatures Collection
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Call Number: DVD Comedy Robert
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Originally produced as motion pictures between 1935 and 1944.
disc 1. How to sleep (1935) ; How to behave (1936) ; How to train a dog (1936) ; How to vote (1936) ; How to be a detective (1936) ; The romance of digestion (1937) ; How to start the day (1937) ; A night at the movies (1937) ; How to figure income tax (1938) ; Music made simple (1938) --
disc 2. An evening alone (1938) ; How to raise a baby (1938) ; The courtship of the newt (1938) ; How to read (1938) ; How to watch football (1938) ; Opening day (1938) ; How to sub-let (1939) ; An hour for lunch (1939) ; Dark magic (1939) --
disc 3. Home early (1939) ; How to eat (1939) ; The day of rest (1939) ; See your doctor (1939) ; That inferior feeling (1940) ; Home movies (1940) ; My tomato (1943) ; No news is good news (1943) ; Important business (1944) ; Why Daddy? (1944)
A collection of short MGM films by humorist Robert Benchley, often cast in the form of parodies of instructional films or bogus lectures. Includes the Academy Award winning short How to Sleep.
Recorded DVD (NTSC); full screen 4:3.
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SERIES
Archive collection.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 3 videodiscs (267 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
SUBJECTS
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Parody films.
Fiction films.
Short films.