Film·1928·NR·56m

The Matinee Idol

RomanceComedy

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.

Directed by Frank Capra

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Cast

9 credited

Bessie Love
Bessie LoveGinger Bolivar
Johnnie Walker
Johnnie WalkerDon Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Ernest Hilliard
Ernest HilliardArnold Wingate
Lionel Belmore
Lionel BelmoreJasper Bolivar
David Mir
David MirEric Barrymaine
Joe Bordeaux
Joe BordeauxAuditoning Actor (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Sidney BraceyDon's Valet (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
Sidney D'AlbrookJ. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Mary GordonWoman in Audience (uncredited)

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