The Matinee Idol
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.
Year: 1928
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore, David Mir, Joe Bordeaux
Crew: Elmer Harris (Adaptation), Ernest Pagano (Story), Peter Milne (Adaptation), Frank Capra (Director), Robert Lord (Story), Eugene De Rue (Assistant Director)
Runtime: 56 minutes
Release: Mar 14, 1928
IMDb: 6.30/10 by 15 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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