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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Matinee Idol' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Matinee Idol' right now, here are some particulars about the Columbia Pictures comedy flick.
The Matinee Idol starring Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore has a NR rating, a runtime of about 56 min, and a scheduled release date of March 14th, 1928.
It received a user score of 61/100 on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 14 respected users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "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." .
'The Matinee Idol' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 14th, 1928
