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The Matinee Idol

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Calorie Rating: 93
Released: 1928-03-14
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 66 Minutes
Studios: Columbia Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Frank Capra
Director
Eugene De Rue
Assistant Director


Cast

Bessie Love
Character: Ginger Bolivar
Johnnie Walker
Character: Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Ernest Hilliard
Character: Arnold Wingate

Lionel Belmore
Character: Jasper Bolivar
David Mir
Character: Eric Barrymaine
Joe Bordeaux
Character: Auditoning Actor (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey
Character: Don's Valet (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
Character: J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Character: Woman in Audience (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Elmer Harris
Adaptation

Peter Milne
Adaptation
Harry Cohn
Producer
Frank Capra
Producer

Philip Tannura
Director of Photography
Robert E. Lee
Art Direction