- HD 1080
- Runtime: 82m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Robert Alton
- Stars: Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame, Leon Ames, Alan Mowbray
- keywords: movie star, country bumpkin, stunt double
- Production_studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: RED SKELTON'S HOWLING HIT ABOUT HOLLYWOOD!
- The Merton of the Movies is featured in the top rankings of 1947
- #11 in Top Comedy Movies of 1947
- #11 in Top Romance Movies of 1947
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.