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Quick Info

Rating

6.3/10

Release1928

Runtime0h 56m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Columbia Pictures

Movie

The Matinee Idol

1928

0h 56m

6.3

Romance

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

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