“Here's a real comedy of the theater, which takes you behind the scenes of a thrilling melodrama and shows you how they acted in the old ten-twenty-thirties. You'll learn how to make love and say nice things to your sweetheart.”
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.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
Cast
Bessie LoveGinger Bolivar
Johnnie WalkerDon Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Ernest HilliardArnold Wingate
Lionel BelmoreJasper BolivarDavid MirEric BarrymaineJoe BordeauxAuditoning Actor (uncredited)
Sidney BraceyDon's Valet (uncredited)
Sidney D'AlbrookJ. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Mary GordonWoman in Audience (uncredited)Media
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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 thin…
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