Merton of the Movies

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.

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  Robert Alton

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  Red Skelton
  Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
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  Virginia O'Brien
  Phyllis Montague
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  Gloria Grahame
  Beulah Baxter
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  Leon Ames
  Lawrence Rupert
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  Alan Mowbray
  Frank Mulvaney
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  Charles D. Brown
  Jeff Baird
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  Hugo Haas
  Von Strutt - Director
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  Harry Hayden
  Mr. Gashwiler
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  Tom Trout
  Marty
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  Douglas Fowley
  Phil
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  Dick Wessel
  Chick
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  Morris Ankrum
  Goodfellow's Club Manager (uncredited)
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  King Baggot
  Man in Audience (uncredited)
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  William Benedict
  Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
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  Oliver Blake
  Mr. Purdie (uncredited)
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  Chester Conklin
  Keystone Kop (uncredited)
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  Jim Davis
  Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
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  Hal K. Dawson
  Gus Blanchard - Agent (uncredited)
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  Franklyn Farnum
  Man Raising Theatre Curtain (uncredited)
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  Mitchell Lewis
  Set Guard (uncredited)