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The Matinee Idol (1928) Facts
| Director(s) | Frank Capra |
| Producer(s) | Frank Capra, Harry Cohn |
| Featured Cast | Bessie Love, Lionel Belmore, Mary Gordon |
| Total Facts | 3 |
The film was long thought lost until a nitrate print was rediscovered in the vaults of the Cinemateque Francais in the 1990s.
There is no cast list in the film; Bessie Love and Johnnie Walker are on the title page and are listed first. All the credited cast are then introduced by intertitle frames which also provide their character names, just before they are shown onscreen.
This restored version runs 57 minutes but is still missing about 5 minutes. The restoration was a joint venture of the Cinematheque Francais, the Motion Picture Academy, and Sony Entertainment.