
The Matinee Idol
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March 14, 1928
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Romance, Comedy
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.
Featured Crew
Frank Capra
Director
Robert Lord
Story
Ernest Pagano
Story
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Cast

Bessie Love
Ginger Bolivar

Johnnie Walker
Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann

Ernest Hilliard
Arnold Wingate

Lionel Belmore
Jasper Bolivar
David Mir
Eric Barrymaine