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The Matinee Idol 1928 Free Unlimited Access
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: Elmer Harris (Adaptation), Ernest Pagano (Story), Peter Milne (Adaptation), Frank Capra (Director), Robert Lord (Story), Eugene De Rue (Assistant Director)
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Runtime: 56 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: Mar 14, 1928
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
