The Matinee Idol (1928)




Bessie Love, Johnny Walker - The Matinee Idol




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


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , June 1928

Books with substantial mentioning of The Matinee Idol

Robert K. Klepper
Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999

Victor Scherle and William Turner Levy
The Complete Films of Frank Capra
New York - Secaucus, NJ, 1992

Books with an entry on The Matinee Idol

Robert B. Connelly
The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936
Chicago, 1986


Year: 1928
Country: United States
 
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