The Matinee Idol

    The Matinee Idol
    1928

    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?

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    Cast

    • Bessie LoveGinger Bolivar
    • Johnnie WalkerDon Wilson - aka Harry Mann
    • Ernest HilliardArnold Wingate
    • Lionel BelmoreJasper Bolivar
    • David MirEric Barrymaine
    • Joe BordeauxAuditoning Actor (uncredited)
    • Sidney BraceyDon's Valet (uncredited)
    • Sidney D'AlbrookJ. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
    • Mary GordonWoman in Audience (uncredited)

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