The Matinee Idol (1928)

Comedy Romance

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their Civil War melodrama. Don's producer sees the play, and thinks it's a comic masterpiece, and just what Don's Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she's been played for a fool, will she forgive Don?

Updated May 21 2020

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1928-03-14

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Runtime: 66 mins Rating: 5.8

Cast

Mary Gordon

Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Bessie Love

Ginger Bolivar

Lionel Belmore

Jasper Bolivar

Sidney Bracey

Don's Valet (uncredited)

Johnnie Walker

Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann

Ernest Hilliard

Arnold Wingate

Sidney D'Albrook

J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Auditoning Actor (uncredited)

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Crew

Frank Capra

Director

Frank Capra

Producer

Harry Cohn

Producer

Philip Tannura

Director of Photography

Robert Lord

Story

Ernest Pagano

Story

Peter Milne

Adaptation

Arthur Roberts

Editor

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