
The Matinee Idol
Romance · Comedy
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Bessie Love
Bessie Love
Ginger Bolivar
Bessie Love
Ginger Bolivar


Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker
Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Johnnie Walker
Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann


Ernest Hilliard
Ernest Hilliard
Arnold Wingate
Ernest Hilliard
Arnold Wingate


Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore
Jasper Bolivar
Lionel Belmore
Jasper Bolivar
David Mir
David Mir
Eric Barrymaine
David Mir
Eric Barrymaine
Joe Bordeaux
Joe Bordeaux
Auditoning Actor (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux
Auditoning Actor (uncredited)


Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey
Don's Valet (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Don's Valet (uncredited)


Sidney D'Albrook
Sidney D'Albrook
J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)


Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
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