RED SKELTON'S HOWLING HIT ABOUT HOLLYWOOD!
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.
Red Skelton Virginia O'Brien Gloria Grahame Leon Ames Alan Mowbray Charles D. Brown Hugo Haas Harry Hayden Tom Trout Douglas Fowley Dick Wessel Morris Ankrum King Baggot William Benedict Oliver Blake Chester Conklin Jim Davis Hal K. Dawson Franklyn Farnum Mitchell Lewis George Magrill Frank Marlowe Robert Emmett O'Connor Constance Purdy Gordon Richards Tim Ryan Almira Sessions Celia Travers Mary Treen
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