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Merton of the Movies

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In a small Kansas town, theater usher Merton Gill (Red Skelton) has aspirations to become a silent movie actor like his hero, Lawrence Rupert (Leon Ames). When Merton manages to thwart a robbery attempt by mimicking his favorite screen star, he's dispatched to Hollywood on a publicity junket to help rejuvenate Rupert's flagging film career. But Merton's own attempts to break into show business are ridiculed by all except a friendly stuntwoman named Phyllis Montague (Virginia O'Brien).

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Audience Member Red finds the road 2 stardom loaded with comedy situations Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This is standard Red Skelton fare, silly as heck and barely above the mediocre and predictable. But Red is always amusing, and always puts his all into his roles - so it's fun watching him go through his schtick. Part of tonight's line up of slapstick films on Turner Classic Movies. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member good red really brings the funny here in this take of the good ole days of early film making. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In a small Kansas town, theater usher Merton Gill (Red Skelton) has aspirations to become a silent movie actor like his hero, Lawrence Rupert (Leon Ames). When Merton manages to thwart a robbery attempt by mimicking his favorite screen star, he's dispatched to Hollywood on a publicity junket to help rejuvenate Rupert's flagging film career. But Merton's own attempts to break into show business are ridiculed by all except a friendly stuntwoman named Phyllis Montague (Virginia O'Brien).
Director
Robert Alton
Producer
Albert Lewis
Screenwriter
Lou Breslow, George Wells
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 22m