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.

Cast

Bessie Love Ginger Bolivar Johnnie Walker Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann Ernest Hilliard Arnold Wingate Lionel Belmore Jasper Bolivar David Mir Eric Barrymaine Joe Bordeaux Auditoning Actor (uncredited) Sidney Bracey Don's Valet (uncredited) Sidney D'Albrook J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited) Mary Gordon Woman in Audience (uncredited)

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