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Early to Bed is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Norman Z. McLeod released in USA on 5 june 1936 with Mary Boland

Early to Bed (1936)

Early to Bed
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Released in USA 5 june 1936
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating65% 3.2903553.2903553.2903553.2903553.290355

Early to Bed is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Arthur Kober, Lucien Littlefield, S. J. Perelman and Chandler Sprague. The film stars Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, George Barbier, Gail Patrick, Robert McWade and Lucien Littlefield. The film was released on June 25, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.

Synopsis

Chester Beatty (Ruggles) and Tessie Weeks (Boland) have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee (McWade). To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton (Barbier) to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking make him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.

Actors

Mary Boland

(Tessie Weeks Beatty)Charles Ruggles

(Chester R. Beatty)George Barbier

(Horace B. Stanton)Gail Patrick

(Grace Stanton)Robert McWade

(Burgess Frisbie)
And :
Lucien Littlefield
Colin Tapley
Helen Flint
Sidney Blackmer
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