(The Matinee Idol)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Romance,

Comedy

Runtime:

56 minutes

Year:

1928

Directors:

Frank Capra

Production companies:

Columbia Pictures

Actors:

Ginger Bolivar

Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann

Arnold Wingate

Jasper Bolivar

Eric Barrymaine

Crews:

Adaptation

Story

Adaptation

Director

Story