The Matinee Idol (1928)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Release: 1928-03-14
Director: Frank Capra (1897–1991)
Writers: Robert Lord , Ernest Pagano , Elmer Harris
Language: None | English
Stars: Bessie Love (1898–1986) , Johnnie Walker , Ernest Hilliard , Lionel Belmore , David Mir , Joe Bordeaux , Sidney Bracey , Sidney D’Albrook , Mary Gordon
Runtime: 66 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Звездата на дневните спектакли (Bulgaria) , Il teatro di Minnie (Italy) , 陽気な踊子 (Japan) , Esta Vida é uma Comédia (Brazil) , The Matinee Idol (United States of America) , The Matinee Idol , Bessie à Broadway (France, French Republic) , Идол дневных спектаклей , Den store Broadwayrevy (Norway) , The Matinee Idol (United Kingdom)
Plot: 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?
IMDB:tt0019151