Early to Bed

Early to Bed

75 mins | Comedy | June 5, 1936

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.

Early to Bed

75 mins | Comedy | June 5, 1936

Early to Bed
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.
Producers Paramount
Original title Early to Bed
Directors Norman Z. McLeod
Writers Chandler Sprague, Arthur Kober, S.J. Perelman, Lucien Littlefield

Cast

Mary Boland

as Tessie Weeks Beatty

Charles Ruggles

as Chester R. Beatty

George Barbier

as Horace B. Stanton

Gail Patrick

as Grace Stanton

Robert McWade

as Burgess Frisbie

Lucien Littlefield

as Mr. O'Leary

Colin Tapley

as Doctor Vernon

Helen Flint

as Mrs. Duvall

Rae Daggett

as Miss Benson

Sidney Blackmer

as Rex Daniels

Arthur Hoyt

as Smithers

Billy Gilbert

as Burger

Augusta Anderson

as Mrs. Spencer

Brooks Benedict

as Craig

Billy Bletcher

as Office Boy

Eddie Borden

as Salesman

Jane Buckingham

as Miss Arnold

Neal Burns

as Salesman

Dorothy Christy

as Nurse

Mickey Daniels

as Caddy

Frank Darien

as Pop - a Clerk

James Davis

as Instructor

Barbara Denny

as Bit Role

Sarah Edwards

as Miss Barton

Billy Engle

as Golf Player

June Gittelson

as Mrs. Fosbinder

William Irving

as Mr. Fassbinder

Dick Kline

as Instructor

Albert Richman

as Golf Player

Henry Roquemore

as Desk Clerk

Darwin Rudd

as Jenkins

Leonard Sues

as Bellboy

Gertrude Sutton

as Maid

Ludovico Tomarchio

as Giuseppe

Billy Wayne

as Salesman

Tom Wilson

as Joe