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The Matinee Idol( 1928)

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Here's a real comedy of the theater, which takes you behind the scenes of a thrilling melodrama and shows you how they acted in the old ten-twenty-thirties. You'll learn how to make love and say nice things to your sweetheart.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bessie Love

      Ginger Bolivar

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      Johnnie Walker

      Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann

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      Ernest Hilliard

      Arnold Wingate

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      Lionel Belmore

      Jasper Bolivar

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      David Mir

      Eric Barrymaine

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      Joe Bordeaux

      Auditoning Actor (uncredited)

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      Sidney Bracey

      Don's Valet (uncredited)

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      Sidney D'Albrook

      J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)

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      Mary Gordon

      Woman in Audience (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • saber
    • preserved film
    • matinee idol