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Merton of the Movies

Harry Leon Wilson (1867 - 1939)

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.)

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - Dirty Work at the Border	Margaret Espaillat	00:25:17
Play 02	02 - That Night - The Apartments of Clifford Armytage	Margaret Espaillat	00:43:16
Play 03	03 - Western Stuff	Margaret Espaillat	00:57:49
Play 04	04 - The Watcher at the Gate	Margaret Espaillat	00:34:45
Play 05	05 - A Breach in the City Walls	Margaret Espaillat	00:45:28
Play 06	06a - Under the Glass Tops, part 1	Margaret Espaillat	00:32:47
Play 07	06b - Under the Glass Tops, part 2	Margaret Espaillat	00:30:11
Play 08	07 - "Nothing To-Day, Dear!"	Margaret Espaillat	00:48:28
Play 09	08 - Clifford Armytage, the Outlaw	Margaret Espaillat	00:22:23
Play 10	09 - More Ways than One	Margaret Espaillat	00:28:56
Play 11	10 - Of Shattered Illusions	Margaret Espaillat	00:29:40
Play 12	11 - The Montague Girl Intervenes	Margaret Espaillat	00:51:40
Play 13	12 - Alias Harold Parmalee	Margaret Espaillat	00:39:36
Play 14	13 - Genius Comes into its Own	Margaret Espaillat	00:29:28
Play 15	14 - Out There Where Men are Men	Margaret Espaillat	00:37:50
Play 16	15 - A New Trail	Margaret Espaillat	00:34:24
Play 17	16 - Of Sarah Nevada Montague	Margaret Espaillat	00:31:18
Play 18	17 - Miss Montague Uses her Own Face	Margaret Espaillat	00:37:10
Play 19	18 - "Five Reels - 500 Laughs"	Margaret Espaillat	00:32:06
Play 20	19 - The Tragic Comedian	Margaret Espaillat	00:24:29
Play 21	20 - Onward and Upward	Margaret Espaillat	00:18:16

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