Merton of the Movies (1947)
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The George S. Kaufman-Marc Connelly play Merton of the Movies was previously filmed in 1923 with Glenn Hunter, and in 1932 (as Make Me a Star) with Stu Erwin. This time around, Red Skelton plays Merton, the small-town rube who aspires to become a dramatic actor in silent pictures. Bumbling his way… More The George S. Kaufman-Marc Connelly play Merton of the Movies was previously filmed in 1923 with Glenn Hunter, and in 1932 (as Make Me a Star) with Stu Erwin. This time around, Red Skelton plays Merton, the small-town rube who aspires to become a dramatic actor in silent pictures. Bumbling his way into Hollywood, he lays waste to several movie sets before he finally lands a screen test. When his histrionic efforts are greeted with derisive laughter, Merton slinks away disappointed and disillusioned-only to re-emerge triumphant as moviedom's newest comedy sensation! In one of her few non-musical appearances, deadpan comedienne Virginia O'Brien plays Phyllis "Flips" Montague, the warmhearted Hollywood stunt girl who befriends and eventually falls in love with the hapless Merton. Reportedly, Buster Keaton supplied a few of the film's sight gags, but apparently not enough to permit Merton of the Movies to rise above mediocrity and predictability. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Alton
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
PG,
- In Theaters
- Oct 11, 1947 Wide
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Cast
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Red Skelton
as Merton Gill
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Virginia O'Brien
as Phyllis Montague
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Gloria Grahame
as Beulah Baxter
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Leon Ames
as Lawrence Rupert
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Alan Mowbray
as Frank Mulvaney
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Charles D. Brown
as Jeff Baird
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Hugo Haas
as Von Strutt
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Harry Hayden
as Mr. Gashwiler
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Tom Trout
as Marty
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Douglas Fowley
as Phil
- Almira Sessions
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Dick Wessel
as Chick
