Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies On Soap2Day. 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.
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Country: United States
- Director: Robert Alton
- Cast: 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,