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Watch Free The Matinee Idol (1928) : Summary Movies 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. | ||
| Release Date | : | Mar 14, 1928 |
| Runtime | : | |
| Genres | : | Romance, Comedy |
| Production Company | : | Columbia Pictures |
| Production Countries | : | United States of America |
| Casts | : | Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore, David Mir, Joe Bordeaux, Sidney Bracey, Sidney D'Albrook, Mary Gordon |
| Plot Keywords | : | saber, preserved film, matinee idol |
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