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Merton of the Movies
1947, Oct 11
1h 22m
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.
Directed by
Robert Alton
Written by
Lou Breslow, George Wells
Jim Davis
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Gloria Grahame
Beulah Baxter
Morris Ankrum
Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Chick
Hugo Haas
Von Strutt - Director
King Baggot
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Mr. Purdie (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Phil
Mitchell Lewis
Set Guard (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
Mammoth Studio's Nurse (uncredited)
Leon Ames
Lawrence Rupert
Charles D. Brown
Jeff Baird
Harry Hayden
Mr. Gashwiler
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
George Magrill
Gateman - Mammoth Studios (uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)
Alan Mowbray
Frank Mulvaney
Mary Treen
Gladys (uncredited)
William Benedict
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Red Skelton
Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
Virginia O'Brien
Phyllis Montague
Hal K. Dawson
Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)
Gordon Richards
Kristen - Beulah's Butler (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Ernie - Prop Man (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Landlady (uncredited)
Tom Trout
Marty
Celia Travers
Secretary (uncredited)
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