The Matinee Idol (1928)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1928-03-14
Runtime: 56 minutes
Director: Frank Capra
Top Cast
- Bessie Love as Ginger Bolivar
- Johnnie Walker as Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
- Ernest Hilliard as Arnold Wingate
- Lionel Belmore as Jasper Bolivar
- David Mir as Eric Barrymaine
- Joe Bordeaux as Auditoning Actor (uncredited)
- Sidney Bracey as Don's Valet (uncredited)
- Sidney D'Albrook as J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
- Mary Gordon as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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