How to Read

APPROPIATE

1938 / 9min.

Rating5.2

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

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

Directors

Actors

Marie Blake

Hal K. Dawson

Barbara Bedford

Mahlon Hamilton

Robert Benchley

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