Synopsis
Robert Benchley offers a humorous lecture on how to avoid different types of strain during reading.
Movie Information
- Director
- Roy Rowland
- Writers
- Robert Benchley, Kin Platt
- Release Year
- 1938
- Runtime
- 9 minutes
- Genre
- Comedy
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (13 votes)
Top Cast
Robert Benchley
Lecturer
Barbara Bedford
Dental Patient (uncredited)
Marie Blake
Nagging Wife (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Annoying Club Member (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Man in Library (uncredited)
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