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