Merton of the Movies
1947/10/11 • Released • English
RED SKELTON'S HOWLING HIT ABOUT HOLLYWOOD!
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.
Director : Robert Alton
Casts
Red Skelton
Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
Virginia O'Brien
Phyllis Montague
Gloria Grahame
Beulah Baxter
Leon Ames
Lawrence Rupert
Alan Mowbray
Frank Mulvaney
Charles D. Brown
Jeff Baird
Hugo Haas
Von Strutt - Director
Tom Trout
Marty
Douglas Fowley
Phil
Dick Wessel
Chick
Morris Ankrum
Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
King Baggot
Man in Audience (uncredited)
William Benedict
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Mr. Purdie (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Jim Davis
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Set Guard (uncredited)
George Magrill
Gateman - Mammoth Studios (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Ernie - Prop Man (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Landlady (uncredited)
Gordon Richards
Kristen - Beulah's Butler (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
Mammoth Studio's Nurse (uncredited)
Mary Treen
Gladys (uncredited)
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