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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
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