The Matinee Idol
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.
1928 | 56m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Frank Capra |
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| Writer: | Robert Lord, Ernest Pagano, Elmer Harris, Peter Milne |
| Staring: |
| 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 |
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| Director: | Frank Capra |
| Writer: | Robert Lord, Ernest Pagano, Elmer Harris, Peter Milne |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | saber, matinee idol |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bessie Love | Ginger Bolivar |
| Johnnie Walker | Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann |
| Ernest Hilliard | Arnold Wingate |
| Lionel Belmore | Jasper Bolivar |
| David Mir | Eric Barrymaine |
| Joe Bordeaux | Auditoning Actor (uncredited) |
| Sidney Bracey | Don's Valet (uncredited) |
| Sidney D'Albrook | J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited) |
| Mary Gordon | Woman in Audience (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Capra | Director |
| Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Robert Lord | Story |
| Ernest Pagano | Story |
| Elmer Harris | Adaptation |
| Peter Milne | Adaptation |
| Arthur Roberts | Editor |
| Robert E. Lee | Art Direction |
| Eugene De Rue | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Harry Cohn | Producer |
| Frank Capra | Producer |
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