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Merton of the Movies (1947)

Directed by Robert Alton

Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 82 minutes

Actors

Alan Mowbray | Robert Emmett O'Connor | Douglas Fowley | Mitchell Lewis | Charles D. Brown | Leon Ames | Chester Conklin | Jim Davis | Hal K. Dawson | Dick Wessel | Gloria Grahame | Morris Ankrum | Tim Ryan | Hugo Haas | Harry Hayden | Red Skelton | Mary Treen | Almira Sessions | Gordon Richards | Oliver Blake | Frank Marlowe | Virginia O'Brien | George Magrill | King Baggot | Franklyn Farnum | Celia Travers | Constance Purdy | Tom Trout | William Benedict