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The Matinee Idol (1928)

The Matinee Idol (1928)

Comedy Romance

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.

Release Date: 1928, March 14
Directors: Frank Capra
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Mary Gordon, Joe Bordeaux, Bessie Love, Lionel Belmore, Sidney Bracey, Ernest Hilliard, Sidney D'Albrook, Johnnie Walker, David Mir

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.

Keywords:

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