The Matinee Idol
- Romance
- Comedy
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.
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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)
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The Matinee Idol releases on March 14, 1928 in theaters. The date is confirmed.
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