The Matinee Idol

The Matinee Idol (1928)

Here's a real comedy of the theater, which takes you behind the scenes of a thrilling melodrama and shows you how they acted in the old ten-twenty-thirties. You'll learn how to make love and say nice things to your sweetheart.

  • Genre: Romance, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1928-03-14
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 13 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 56min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
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From 13 Ratings
6.9

Summary

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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Directing Frank Capra Director
Production Frank Capra Producer
Production Harry Cohn Producer
Camera Philip Tannura Director of Photography
Writing Robert Lord Story
Writing Ernest Pagano Story
Writing Peter Milne Adaptation
Editing Arthur Roberts Editor
Writing Elmer Harris Adaptation
Directing Eugene De Rue Assistant Director
Art Robert E. Lee Art Direction