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 | Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage | |
Gloria Grahame | Beulah Baxter | |
Leon Ames | Lawrence Rupert | |
Alan Mowbray | Frank Mulvaney | |
Charles D. Brown | Jeff Baird | |
Harry Hayden | Mr. Gashwiler |
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