The Matinee Idol (1928)
1h 6min | Comedy, Romance | Mar 14, 1928 | Released
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?
Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra Harry Cohn
Writer(s):
Story: Robert Lord Ernest Pagano
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