The Matinee Idol
Top 9 Billed Cast
Ginger Bolivar
Don Wilson - aka Harry Mann
Arnold Wingate
Jasper Bolivar
Don's Valet (uncredited)
J. Madison Wilberforce (uncredited)
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
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