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The Matinee Idol (1928)

NR 03/14/1928 (US) RomanceComedy 56m
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Here's a real comedy of the theater, which takes you behind the scenes of a thrilling melodrama and shows you how they acted in the old ten-twenty-thirties. You'll learn how to make love and say nice things to your sweetheart.

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?

  1. Frank Capra

    Director

  2. Robert Lord

    Story

  3. Ernest Pagano

    Story

Top Billed Cast

  1. Bessie Love

    Bessie Love

    Ginger Bolivar

  2. Johnnie Walker

    Johnnie Walker

    Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann

  3. Ernest Hilliard

    Ernest Hilliard

    Arnold Wingate

  4. Lionel Belmore

    Lionel Belmore

    Jasper Bolivar

  5. David Mir

    Eric Barrymaine

  6. Joe Bordeaux

    Auditoning Actor (uncredited)

  7. Sidney Bracey

    Sidney Bracey

    Don's Valet (uncredited)

  8. Sidney D'Albrook

    Sidney D'Albrook

    J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)

  9. Mary Gordon

    Mary Gordon

    Woman in Audience (uncredited)

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The Matinee Idol
The Matinee Idol

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Original Language English

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