Movie
The Matinee Idol
Released: March 14, 1928 (1928)
Runtime: 56 minutes
Genres: Romance, Comedy
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Lionel Belmore as Jasper Bolivar
Age at release: 60
- Sidney Bracey as Don's Valet (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
- Mary Gordon as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Joe Bordeaux as Auditoning Actor (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Sidney D'Albrook as J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Age at release: 41
- Ernest Hilliard as Arnold Wingate
Age at release: 38
- Johnnie Walker as Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Age at release: 34
- Bessie Love as Ginger Bolivar
Age at release: 29
- David Mir as Eric Barrymaine
Age at release: Unknown