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Currently you are able to watch "The Matinee Idol" streaming on Tubi TV for free with ads or buy it as download on Amazon Video. It is also possible to rent "The Matinee Idol" on Amazon Video online
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?