Merton of the Movies
- Original title
- Merton of the Movies
- Year
- 1947
- Running time
- 82 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Cast
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- Red Skelton
- Virginia O'Brien
- Gloria Grahame
- Leon Ames
- Alan Mowbray
- Charles D. Brown
- Hugo Haas
- Harry Hayden
- Tom Trout
- Douglas Fowley
- Dick Wessel
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- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Romance
- Synopsis
- Merton Gill is an usher from Tinkerton, Kansas, who yearns to be a movie actor and thinks his worthless diploma from the Budolph School of Dramatic Acting will help him realize his dream. When Merton foils a robbery - supposedly using the skills he learned from his idol, Lawrence Rupert - the fading film star's gun-toting lackeys bring Merton to Hollywood to drum up some much-needed publicity. But after a speedy photo shoot, Rupert and his underlings are through with the country bumpkin and give him a ticket back home. A resolute Merton remains in Hollywood and does his best to get a job at Mammoth Studio, where he befriends the famous Beulah Baxter's stunt double, Phyllis Montague. Merton proves to be a natural - if unintentional - comedian and gets a job burlesquing Lawrence Rupert. Only Merton thinks he is playing a serious part.
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