CHAPLIN FILM TOO FUNNY
A young marrled woman w>ent to see "Modern Times" in a London theatre. She laughed tremendously, tlien fell asleep, and had to be taken home in an ambulance. &he slept about four hours.
•Boctors were consultel, and it was discovered that.she was suffering irom narcolepsy — a rare nervous conipiaint. Any sudden shock — laughter of' ango.* '• — affeets her ancV puts her to sleep. Her hu«band has been warned not tc make' tier laugh — or mad!
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 8
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78CHAPLIN FILM TOO FUNNY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 8
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