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How to Read
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Title: How to Read

Release Date: 27 Aug 1938

Runtime: 9m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.2 (11 votes)

Cast

  • Lecturer: Robert Benchley
  • Dental Patient (uncredited): Barbara Bedford
  • Nagging Wife (uncredited): Marie Blake
  • Annoying Club Member (uncredited): Hal K. Dawson
  • Man in Library (uncredited): Mahlon Hamilton
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