Merton of the Movies

by Harry Leon Wilson

21 chapters12h 15mEnglish1919

About this book

Merton of the Movies is a comedy that centers around Merton Gill, an aspiring dramatic artist from Simsbury, Illinois who makes his way to Hollywood to become a serious actor. How could Merton fail in attaining his dreams after finishing a correspondence course from the General Film Production Company of Stebbinsville, Arkansas, certifying him to be a competent screen actor?Harry Leon Wilson, the author, was a very popular humor writer in the first decades of the 20th century. This book was made into film several times, the last in 1947 starring Red Skelton. (Summary written by Margaret.)

101 - Dirty Work at the Border

1517

202 - That Night - The Apartments of Clifford Armytage

2596

303 - Western Stuff

3469

404 - The Watcher at the Gate

2085

505 - A Breach in the City Walls

2728

606a - Under the Glass Tops, part 1

1967

706b - Under the Glass Tops, part 2

1811

807 - "Nothing To-Day, Dear!"

2908

908 - Clifford Armytage, the Outlaw

1343

1009 - More Ways than One

1736

1110 - Of Shattered Illusions

1780

1211 - The Montague Girl Intervenes

3100

1312 - Alias Harold Parmalee

2376

1413 - Genius Comes into its Own

1768

1514 - Out There Where Men are Men

2270

1615 - A New Trail

2064

1716 - Of Sarah Nevada Montague

1878

1817 - Miss Montague Uses her Own Face

2230

1918 - "Five Reels - 500 Laughs"

1926

2019 - The Tragic Comedian

1469

2120 - Onward and Upward

1096

Merton of the Movies

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