The Matinee Idol (1928)

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 Dons producer sees the play and thinks its a comic masterpiece and just what Dons Broadway show needs But when Ginger finds out shes been played for a fool will she forgive Don