The Matinee Idol
6.1
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1928-03-14
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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.
Featured Crew
| Ernest Pagano | Story |
| Frank Capra | Director |
| Peter Milne | Adaptation |
| Robert Lord | Story |
| Elmer Harris | Adaptation |
| Harry Cohn | Producer |
| Frank Capra | Producer |
| Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Eugene De Rue | Assistant Director |
| Arthur Roberts | Editor |
