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Virginia O’Brien and Red Skelton ride bikes.

September 22, 2017

Virginia O’Brien and Red Skelton clown around on the MGM soundstage where  1947’s Merton of the Movies, set during Hollywood’s nascent Silent Era, is in production.

Here’s the snipe: “LOOK! NO HANDS!.. Red Skelton cavorts on a bicycle built for two, for the amusement of Virginia O’Brien between scenes of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s ‘Merton of the Movies.’ Those antique costumes are for silent movie sequences in the comedy story of 1915 Hollywood. Gloria Grahame, John Emery* and Alan Mowbray are featured in this hilarious movie, which was directed by Robert Alton, produced by A. Albert Lewis.”

  • That’s what the MGM Publicity Dept. caption says, but John Emery does not show up in any credits for the film.

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