The Matinee Idol

Directed by Frank Capra
Not Rated
1928    56m[Romance](/on-demand/category/romance), [Comedy](/on-demand/category/comedy)
6.990%6.6
Famous matinee idol and blackface comedian Don Wilson heads out of town to escape adulation. 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--just what Don's Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she's been played for a fool, will she forgive Don?

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Cast of The Matinee Idol

  • Bessie LoveGinger Bolivar
  • Johnnie WalkerDon Wilson - aka Harry Mann
  • Ernest HilliardArnold Wingate
  • Lionel BelmoreJasper Bolivar
  • David MirEric Barrymaine
  • Joe BordeauxAuditoning Actor (uncredited)
  • Sidney BraceyDon's Valet (uncredited)
  • Sidney D'AlbrookJ. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
  • Mary GordonWoman in Audience (uncredited)
  • Frank CapraDirector / Producer
  • Harry CohnProducer
  • Robert E. LeeArt Direction
  • Philip TannuraDirector Of Photography
  • Eugene De RueAssistant Director
  • Arthur RobertsEditor
  • Elmer HarrisAdaptation
  • Ernest PaganoStory
  • Peter MilneAdaptation
  • Robert LordStory

 

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