Merton of the Movies

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Merton of the Movies

Comedy

Romance

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.

Date: 10/11/1947

Rating: 6.8

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

Red Skelton