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The Matinee Idol

1928-03-14 | Romance / Comedy
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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.

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The genre of The Matinee Idol is Romance,Comedy.
The casts of The Matinee Idol are Bessie Love starring as Ginger Bolivar, Johnnie Walker starring as Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann, Ernest Hilliard starring as Arnold Wingate, Lionel Belmore starring as Jasper Bolivar, David Mir starring as Eric Barrymaine, Joe Bordeaux starring as Auditoning Actor (uncredited).
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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..
On September 27, 2024, the IMDB rating of The Matinee Idol is 6.9/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 0/100, Metacritic rating is 0/100, TMDB rating is 6.0/10.
The release date of The Matinee Idol is March 14, 1928.
The runtime of The Matinee Idol is 56 minutes.
The certification of The Matinee Idol is NR.