The Matinee Idol (1928)
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.
Director: Frank Capra
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Bessie Love as Ginger Bolivar |
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Johnnie Walker as Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann |
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Ernest Hilliard as Arnold Wingate |
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Lionel Belmore as Jasper Bolivar |
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David Mir as Eric Barrymaine |
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Joe Bordeaux as Auditoning Actor (uncredited) |
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Sidney Bracey as Don's Valet (uncredited) |
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Sidney D'Albrook as J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited) |
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Mary Gordon as Woman in Audience (uncredited) |
| Directing | Frank Capra | Director |
| Writing | Robert Lord | Story |
| Writing | Ernest Pagano | Story |
| Writing | Elmer Harris | Adaptation |
| Writing | Peter Milne | Adaptation |
| Production | Harry Cohn | Producer |
| Production | Frank Capra | Producer |
| Camera | Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Arthur Roberts | Editor |
| Art | Robert E. Lee | Art Direction |
| Directing | Eugene De Rue | Assistant Director |
