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Here are a few more things worth knowing 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. The release date of the movie is March 14th, 1928. The movie received a user score of 61/100 on TMDb, which is derived from reviews from 14 engaged users.
Looking for a quick synopsis? 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."
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