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Merton of the Movies (1947)
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11 October 1947 (USA)
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A Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious. full summary | add synopsis
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(Complete credited 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 |
| Hugo Haas | ... | Von Strutt - Director |
| Harry Hayden | ... | Mr. Gashwiler |
| Tom Trout | ... | Marty |
| Douglas Fowley | ... | Phil |
| Dick Wessel | ... | Chick |
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| Tom Dugan | ... | Sam Montague (scenes deleted) |
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82 min
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This was Virginia O'Brien's final starring role and the last film she made for MGM. After this she had small roles in two later films but otherwise retired from the screen.
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Version of Make Me a Star (1932)
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'Valse des rayons' from 'Le Papillon'
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If "slapstick" is your genre here is one of the best. I saw it in 1947 or -48 shortly after its release.
I have been on the lookout for it on tape but to no avail. Hopefully it will be preserved as one of the outstanding examples of "slapstick".