< The Matinee Idol (1928)

MOVIE | 1h 6m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 6.9 (695)

Comedy, Romance | A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.

• Director: Frank Capra
• Writer: Robert Lord
• Writer: Ernest Pagano
• Writer: Elmer Harris
• Bessie Love (30) - Ginger Bolivar
• Johnnie Walker (34) - Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
• Ernest Hilliard (38) - Arnold Wingate
• Lionel Belmore (61) - Jasper Bolivar
• David Mir (42) - Eric Barrymaine
• Joe Bordeaux (42) - Auditoning Actor
• Sidney Bracey (51) - Don's Valet
• Sidney D'Albrook (42) - J. Madison Wilberforce
• Mary Gordon (46) - Mother in Audience
• Dorothy Vernon (53) - Mother in Audience