How to Read

5.2

Aug 27 1938

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0h 9m

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Comedy

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

Cast

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Robert Benchley

Lecturer

Barbara Bedford

Dental Patient (uncredited)

Marie Blake

Nagging Wife (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

Annoying Club Member (uncredited)

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