Merton of the Movies

RED SKELTON'S HOWLING HIT ABOUT HOLLYWOOD!

Duration: 82 min

Release date: 1947-10-11

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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.

Comedy Romance

Merton of the Movies

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as Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage

Virginia O'Brien

Virginia O'Brien

as Phyllis Montague

as Beulah Baxter

as Lawrence Rupert

as Frank Mulvaney

Charles D. Brown

Charles D. Brown

as Von Strutt - Director

as Mr. Gashwiler

as Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

William Benedict

William Benedict

as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)

as Mr. Purdie (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

as Keystone Kop (uncredited)

as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)

as Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

as Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)

as Set Guard (uncredited)

as Gateman - Mammoth Studios (uncredited)

as Ernie - Prop Man (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)

Constance Purdy

Constance Purdy

as Landlady (uncredited)

Gordon Richards

Gordon Richards

as Kristen - Beulah's Butler (uncredited)

as Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

Almira Sessions

as Mammoth Studio's Nurse (uncredited)

as Secretary (uncredited)

as Gladys (uncredited)

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George S. Kaufman

George S. Kaufman

Harry Leon Wilson

Harry Leon Wilson

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