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The Matinee Idol

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.

Release : March 14, 1928

Budget : $0.00

Revenue : $0.00

Duration : 56 minutes

Rating : 6.10

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Bessie Love

Bessie Love ( Bessie Love )

Ginger Bolivar

Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker ( Johnnie Walker )

Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann

Ernest Hilliard

Ernest Hilliard ( Ernest Hilliard )

Arnold Wingate

Lionel Belmore

Lionel Belmore ( Lionel Belmore )

Jasper Bolivar

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David Mir ( David Mir )

Eric Barrymaine

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Joe Bordeaux ( Joe Bordeaux )

Auditoning Actor (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey ( Sidney Bracey )

Don's Valet (uncredited)

Sidney D'Albrook

Sidney D'Albrook ( Sidney D'Albrook )

J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon ( Mary Gordon )

Woman in Audience (uncredited)

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