Movie: How to Read

Top 5 Billed Cast

Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley

Lecturer

Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford

Dental Patient (uncredited)

Marie Blake
Marie Blake

Nagging Wife (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson
Hal K. Dawson

Annoying Club Member (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton
Mahlon Hamilton

Man in Library (uncredited)

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Documentary commissioned by Columbia University on the social role of libraries and controversial books.

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An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.

Six Children and One Grandfather
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Six Children and One Grandfather(en)

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7 Mummies(en)

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Sasquatch Mountain
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Mary Jane's Pa
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Mary Jane's Pa(en)

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Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.

The Boys Think They Have One on Foxy Grandpa, But He Fools Them
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The Boys Think They Have One on Foxy Grandpa, But He Fools Them(xx)

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A Double Feature
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A Double Feature(en)

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Two short stop-motion animated films. The first film, 'Life is Nice I Think', follows a mannequin as it moves around a building. The second film, '-Rex- King of the Animals', follows a toy monkey that interacts with various other animals.

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Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend(ja)

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As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis. As the blood-thirsty beasts capture the tyrant's daughter in a brutal coup, the Overfiend must awaken to an apocalyptic battle of the Gods.

Die Halbstarken
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Die Halbstarken(de)

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Brooklyn Girls Fight Club
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Brooklyn Girls Fight Club(en)

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Queens of the Qing Dynasty
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Queens of the Qing Dynasty(en)

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Who among us!
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Who among us!(en)

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GCW: Fight Club Houston
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GCW: Fight Club Houston(en)

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Taxi
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Taxi(en)

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Pennies
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Pennies(en)

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The story of Charlotte Brown,a waitress and young single mother who will do anything for her daughter Jenny, and when push comes to shove, she does. With a menacing figure on the other end of the phone and a time limit of two hours,she must raise enough money to ensure that she sees the smiling face of her child again. Charlotte's customers are her only hope. The clock is ticking as we see the desperate young mother dealing with one eccentric customer after the next, displaying her charming vulnerability and inspiring strength through all the chaos. With her feet firmly planted on the ground, Charlotte maintains her focus and attempts to beat the clock and save the day.

Viyabari
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Viyabari(ta)

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The Wayward Girl
63%

The Wayward Girl(no)

1959-10-08

Gerd, considered a woman of dubious morals, falls in love with a boy whose family does not accept their relationship, so both run away and settle in a cabin in the woods where they meet a sullen man who tests their love.

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Private Resort
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Private Resort(en)

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The Jane Austen Book Club(en)

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The Skulls II
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How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale(en)

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How to Play Golf
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How to Play Golf(en)

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Summer '03
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Summer '03(en)

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Think Like a Man
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Think Like a Man(en)

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How to Be a Sailor
63%

How to Be a Sailor(en)

1944-01-28

Goofy provides a history of ships and sailing.

Goofy's Glider
66%

Goofy's Glider(en)

1940-11-22

Yet another sport is made 'easy' for us by Goofy's demonstration how- never, ever, to try anything for real, least of all with a glider-flying machine he launches in ways that would kill anything but a cartoon character, such as a giant catapult and even a canon. Meanwhile Goofy proves totally incapable to control any of its movements in the air, let alone the 'landing' which is too messy even for a bombshell.

How to Fish
65%

How to Fish(en)

1942-12-04

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