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LibriVox recording of Merton of the Movies, by Harry Leon Wilson. Read by Margaret Espaillat.
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 Espaillat.)
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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: Harry Leon Wilson
Date: 2009-11-22
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; comedy; movies; cinema; film; actors
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| 01 - Dirty Work at the Border |
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| 02 - That Night - The Apartments of Cliffor Armytage |
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| 03 - Western Stuff |
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| 04 - The Watcher at the Gate |
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| 05 - A Breach in the City Walls |
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| 06a - Under the Glass Tops, part 1 |
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| 06b - Under the Glass Tops, part 2 |
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| 07 - 'Nothing To-Day, Dear!' |
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| 08 - Clifford Armytage, the Outlaw |
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| 09 - More Ways than One |
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| 10 - Of Shattered Illusions |
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| 11 - The Montague Girl Intervenes |
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| 12 - Alias Harold Parmalee |
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| 13 - Genius Comes into Its Own |
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| 14 - Out There Where Men Are Men |
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| 15 - A New Trail |
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| 16 - Of Sarah Nevada Montague |
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| 17 - Miss Montague Uses Her Own Face |
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| 18 - 'Five Reels - 500 Laughs' |
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| 19 - The Tragic Comedian |
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| 20 - Onward and Upward |
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Reviewer:
Danny from Finsbury Park -
Subject:
Well worth a listen
I'd never before heard of the book or its author, and it was a pleasant discovery. The story is well written, with first-rate dialogue, and it gives a fascinating picture of the early days of Hollywood. The narration by Margaret could hardly be better.
Reviewer:
Arch Stanton -
Subject:
Film Fun
A good reading of an amusing book. Merton is a small town hick who dreams of being a movie star and so goes to Hollywood to try his luck, all the while infatuated by an ideal view of film making, in particular a female actress of the 'Perils of Pauline' type. Once there, he does have eventual success, but not in the way he might have hoped for. The central weakness of the book is Merton's sustained naivety, which sometimes stretches belief too far, this while the detailed recounting of scenarios, if amusing, can slow matters down. Only one chapter (19) falls a little flat IMHO, labouring what should have been conveyed implicitly. However the overall warmth of Merton's character is a winner and those who enjoy cinema of the late 20's early 30's ought to hear this. (Harold Lloyd's 'Movie Crazy' was loosely inspired by this book, and is worth seeing.)
