Movie Description
The Matinee Idol
(1928)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? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in 1997.
Featured Crew
- Director : Frank Capra
- Producer : Harry Cohn,Frank Capra
- Editor : Arthur Roberts
- Cast : Bessie Love,Johnnie Walker,Ernest Hilliard,Lionel Belmore,David Mir,Joe Bordeaux,Sidney Bracey,Sidney D'Albrook,Mary Gordon
Cast
Ginger Bolivar
Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Arnold Wingate
Jasper Bolivar
Eric Barrymaine
Auditoning Actor (uncredited)
Don's Valet (uncredited)
J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Posters
Recommendations
Let's Make Love
6.4
Boot Camp
6.3
Wedding Season
6.243
Love Is in the Air
6.175
Easy Virtue
6.449
Whisky Galore
5.923
Good Advice
5.9
Desk Set
7.019
It's Always Fair Weather
6.987
I Love You Again
7.2
The Kissing Booth 2
7.608
Champagne Problems
6.052
What a Way to Go!
7.125
Return to Me
6.669
Bells Are Ringing
6.462
Facts
Original TitleThe Matinee Idol
Status Released
Release Information
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1928-03-14
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 56m
Production CompaniesColumbia Pictures
Genres
- Romance
- Comedy
