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The Matinee Idol (1928)

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.

Genre : Romance, Comedy

Runtime : 56M

Director : Frank Capra

Synopsis

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?

Actors

Bessie Love
Bessie Love
Ginger Bolivar
Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker
Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Ernest Hilliard
Ernest Hilliard
Arnold Wingate
Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore
Jasper Bolivar
David Mir
David Mir
Eric Barrymaine
Joe Bordeaux
Joe Bordeaux
Auditoning Actor (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey
Don's Valet (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
Sidney D'Albrook
J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Crews

Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Director
Robert Lord
Robert Lord
Story
Ernest Pagano
Ernest Pagano
Story
Elmer Harris
Elmer Harris
Adaptation
Peter Milne
Peter Milne
Adaptation
Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn
Producer
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Producer
Philip Tannura
Philip Tannura
Director of Photography
Arthur Roberts
Arthur Roberts
Editor
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Art Direction
Eugene De Rue
Eugene De Rue
Assistant Director

Posters and backgrounds

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