Merton of the Movies (eBook)

Harry Leon Wilson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
Los Angeles Review of Books (Verlag)
978-1-940660-67-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Merton of the Movies, which Gertrude Stein called “the best book about 20th century American youth,” follows midwestern bumpkin Merton Gill’s unlikely journey from a Kansas stockroom to the star-studded set of a silent film. Unfortunately, the actors he’s idolized from afar lose their luster up close, which fuels his desire to become a dramatic leading man — not some slapstick fool. By a stroke of luck, Merton lands a gig as an extra. His natural oafishness catches the eye of stuntwoman Flips Montague, and before long he’s a comic star — the only problem is, it’s all a spoof, and he doesn’t know it.

First published in 1919 in the Saturday Evening Post, and adapted three times to film and once as a Broadway musical, Harry Leon Wilson’s cartoonish tale has earned its place as an essential California classic. This freewheeling romp gets to the heart of any Angeleno’s worst nightmare: what if I’m not in on the joke?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: LARB Classics
• Einführung: Tom Lutz
• Vorwort: Mitra Jouhari
• Verlagsort: Los Angeles
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: 1920s Los Angeles • A Star is Born • classic hollywood • Classic Hollywood Novel • Comedy • golden age hollywood • Rise to Fame • Underdog lead
• ISBN-10: 1-940660-67-X / 194066067X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-940660-67-7 / 9781940660677