Movie Description
Merton of the Movies
(1947)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Robert Alton
- Writer : Lou Breslow,George Wells
- 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,Frank Marlowe,Robert Emmett O'Connor,Constance Purdy,Gordon Richards,Tim Ryan,Almira Sessions,Celia Travers,Mary Treen
Cast
Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
Phyllis Montague
Beulah Baxter
Lawrence Rupert
Frank Mulvaney
Jeff Baird
Von Strutt - Director
Mr. Gashwiler
Marty
Phil
Chick
Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Mr. Purdie (uncredited)
Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)
Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
Set Guard (uncredited)
Gateman - Mammoth Studios (uncredited)
Ernie - Prop Man (uncredited)
Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
Landlady (uncredited)
Kristen - Beulah's Butler (uncredited)
Mammoth Studio's Night guard (uncredited)
Mammoth Studio's Nurse (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Gladys (uncredited)
Posters
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Let's Make Love
6.386
Girl on a Bicycle
5.96
Silent Movie
6.524
The Freshman
6.973
A Hollywood Christmas
6.031
Return to Me
6.66
Relative Values
6.146
Easy Virtue
6.447
Good Advice
5.873
Champagne Problems
6.053
Bells Are Ringing
6.433
Show People
7.164
Singin' in the Rain
8.133
Christmas with You
5.834
The Long, Long Trailer
6.902
The Disorderly Orderly
6.317
Facts
Original TitleMerton of the Movies
Status Released
Release Information
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1947-10-11
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 22m
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- Comedy
- Romance
