Merton of the Movies
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- Runtime
- 82 mins
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
Cast
- Red Skelton
- Virginia O'Brien
- Gloria Grahame
- Leon Ames
- Alan Mowbray
- Charles D. Brown
- Hugo Haas
- Harry Hayden
- Tom Trout
- Douglas Fowley
- Dick Wessel
- Morris Ankrum
- King Baggot
- William Benedict
- Oliver Blake
- Chester Conklin
- Jim Davis
- Hal K. Dawson
- Franklyn Farnum
- Mitchell Lewis
- George Magrill
- Frank Marlowe
- Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Constance Purdy
- Gordon Richards
- Tim Ryan
- Almira Sessions
- Celia Travers
- Mary Treen
Director
- Robert Alton
