Where to Watch The Matinee Idol (1928)

Planning to check out 'The Matinee Idol' from the comfort of your living room? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Frank Capra-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Matinee Idol' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Matinee Idol' right now, here are some particulars about the Columbia Pictures comedy flick.

The Matinee Idol starring Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore has a NR rating, a runtime of about 56 min, and a scheduled release date of March 14th, 1928.

It received a user score of 63/100 on TMDb, which collated reviews from 16 experienced users.

Ready to dive into the plot? Here's the plot: "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 Matinee Idol' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Prime Video, Fawesome, and Tubi TV .