The Matinee Idol

1928· 66 min★ 6.9· Comedy, Romance

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?

Cast: Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore

Director: Frank Capra