Merton of the Movies
“RED SKELTON'S HOWLING HIT ABOUT HOLLYWOOD!”
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.
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Merton of the Movies
Red Skelton
Virginia O'Brien
Gloria Grahame
Leon Ames
Alan Mowbray
Charles D. Brown
Hugo Haas
Harry Hayden
Tom Trout
Douglas Fowley
