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The Matinee Idol (1928)
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.
Cast: Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore, David Mir, Joe Bordeaux
Crew: Frank Capra (Director), Robert Lord (Story), Ernest Pagano (Story), Elmer Harris (Adaptation), Peter Milne (Adaptation), Harry Cohn (Producer)
Subtitle: ETC.
Release: Mar 14, 1928
Popularity: 2.168
Language: No Language
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America