Early to Bed

1936 1h 15m EN

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 2

Comedy

Synopsis

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Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks 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. 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 to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mary Boland
Tessie Weeks
Charles Ruggles
Chester Beatty
George Barbier
Horace Stanton
Gail Patrick
Grace Stanton
Robert McWade
Burgess Frisbie
Lucien Littlefield
Mr. O'Leary
Colin Tapley
Doctor Vernon
Helen Flint
Mrs. Duvall

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Writers: Arthur Kober, Lucien Littlefield, Chandler Sprague
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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90 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, shot by Henry Sharp. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor LeRoy Stone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Mary Boland and Charles Ruggles and George Barbier carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0027561 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Norman Z. McLeod directs. Henry Sharp behind the camera. LeRoy Stone cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
290 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, shot by Henry Sharp. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor LeRoy Stone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Mary Boland and Charles Ruggles and George Barbier carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0027561 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 12 themes, including "honeymoon", "murder", "salesman", "sanitarium".