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 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.
Top Cast
Bessie Love
Character: Ginger Bolivar
Johnnie Walker
Character: Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Ernest Hilliard
Character: Arnold Wingate
Lionel Belmore
Character: Jasper Bolivar
David Mir
Character: Eric Barrymaine
Joe Bordeaux
Character: Auditoning Actor (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Character: Don's Valet (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
Character: J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Character: Woman in Audience (uncredited)
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