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Director
  
Robert Alton

Screenplay
  
George Wells, Lou Breslow

Language
  
English

6.6/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Merton of the Movies (1947 film) movie poster

Writer
  
George Wells
,
Lou Breslow

Release date
  
1947

Based on
  
Merton of the Movies  by Harry Leon Wilson

Music director
  
David Snell, Robert Franklyn

Cast
  
Red Skelton
(Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage),
Virginia O'Brien
(Phyllis Montague),
Gloria Grahame
(Beulah Baxter),
Leon Ames
(Lawrence Rupert),
Alan Mowbray
(Frank Mulvaney),
Charles D. Brown
(Jeff Baird)

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,
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,
Calendar Girl
,
The Love Lottery
,
En sjöman i frack
,
Best Foot Forward

Tagline
  
Red Skelton's Howling about Hollywood!

Merton of the movies original trailer


Merton of the Movies is a 1947 comedy film, based on the 1922 novel of the same name by Harry Leon Wilson (previously adapted as a 1924 silent film and as the 1932 film Make Me a Star). It stars Red Skelton and is directed by choreographer Robert Alton in his directorial debut.

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Cast

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  • Red Skelton as Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
  • Virginia O'Brien as Phyllis Montague
  • Gloria Grahame as Beulah Baxter
  • Leon Ames as Lawrence Rupert
  • Alan Mowbray as Frank Mulvaney
  • Charles D. Brown as Jeff Baird
  • Hugo Haas as Von Strutt
  • Harry Hayden as Mr. Gashwiler
  • Tom Trout as Marty
  • Douglas Fowley as Phil
  • Dick Wessel as Chick

    • Reception

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    According to MGM records the movie earned $1,274,000 in the US and Canada and $438,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $367,000.

    Comic book adaptation

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  • Fiction House Movie Comics #4 (1947)

    • Merton of the Movies (1947 film) Silents in Talkies Merton of the Movies 1947 Movies Silently

    Merton of the Movies (1947 film) Silents in Talkies Merton of the Movies 1947 Movies Silently

    References

    Merton of the Movies (1947 film) Wikipedia
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