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The Matinee Idol (1928)

March 14, 1928 (US) Romance, Comedy • 56m

Overview

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? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in 1997.

Director

Frank Capra

Top Billed

Bessie Love

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Top Billed Cast

Bessie Love
Bessie Love

Ginger Bolivar

Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker

Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann

Ernest Hilliard
Ernest Hilliard

Arnold Wingate

Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore

Jasper Bolivar

David Mir
David Mir

Eric Barrymaine

Joe Bordeaux
Joe Bordeaux

Auditoning Actor (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey

Don's Valet (uncredited)

Sidney D'Albrook
Sidney D'Albrook

J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)

Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon

Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Crew


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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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