El teatro de Minnie (1928)
El famoso actor de teatro Don Wilson (Walker), después de los ensayos de una nueva obra, sale de excursión con unos amigos. En las afueras de la ciudad encuentran un teatro ambulante en el que actúa una compañía de aficionados, cuya primera actriz, Ginger Bolivar (Love), contrata a Don como actor secundario. Con él representan ante el productor Arnold Wingate (Hilliard) el melodrama “Guerra Civil”. El productor cree que es una magnífica comedia cómica, por lo que ofrece a la compañía un contrato para actuar en Broadway.
Directora: 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 |