Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "matinee-idol"

1. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.

Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon

Votes: 4,289

2. Dreamboat (1952)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor, is plagued when his old movies are shown on TV and sets out with his daughter to stop it. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing his films and she has other plans.

Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis, Jeffrey Hunter

Votes: 962

3. It's Love I'm After (1937)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy

An actor of the stage finds himself pursued by a lovestruck fan while trying to patch up a tempestuous relationship with his actress lover.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles

Votes: 2,659

4. Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.

Director: Jeffrey Schwarz | Stars: Tab Hunter, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Natalie Wood

Votes: 3,561

5. Bottoms Up (1934)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Promoter Smoothie King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Pat Paterson, John Boles, Sid Silvers

Votes: 173

6. The Great Victor Herbert (1939)

Approved | 91 min | Biography, Music, Musical

A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Walter Connolly, Lee Bowman

Votes: 135 | Gross: $0.30M

7. Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016)

84 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Intimate and compelling documentary on the life and career of Leslie Howard (1893-1943)

Director: Thomas Hamilton | Stars: Derek Partridge, Leslie Ruth Howard, Norman Spencer, Matthew Sweet

Votes: 369

8. The Firebird (1934)

Approved | 74 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola ... See full summary »

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill, Anita Louise

Votes: 327

9. Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Trusting country girl Marie Downey (Patsy Ruth Miller) falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley (Clive Brook) and becomes a chorus girl as he becomes a matinée idol on old Broadway.

Director: James Flood | Stars: Patsy Ruth Miller, Clive Brook, Jane Winton, Myrna Loy

Votes: 18

10. Bad Romance (II) (2013)

100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Andrea, a receptionist, has a chance at romance when her soap opera crush Sam Lloyd Pascual stays at her hotel. But their dinner date ends in tragedy.

Director: Ian Del Carmen | Stars: Mercedes Cabral, Ice Seguerra, Rey 'PJ' Abellana, Jayson Gainza

Votes: 24

11. Close Harmony (1929)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Add a Plot

Directors: John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Harry Green, Jack Oakie

Votes: 57

12. The Merry Monahans (1944)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, Ann Blyth

Votes: 112

13. The Gay Deceiver (1926)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance

Antoine de Tillois leaves his puritanical wife and in Paris becomes known as King Toto, leader of the bohemian set. Their daughter, Louise, spends 8 months of each year with her mother in ... See full summary »

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Lew Cody, Malcolm McGregor, Marceline Day, Carmel Myers

14. Quadrille (1938)

95 min | Comedy, Romance

The battle of the sexes as drawing room social satire. Philippe, a middle-aged newspaper editor, has lived for six years with Paulette, a successful stage actress. He tells her friend ... See full summary »

Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Gaby Morlay, Jacqueline Delubac, Georges Grey

Votes: 424

15. Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962)
Episode: Matinée Idol Popeye (1960)

TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Brutus is an egotistical French director making a film about Antony and Cleopatra, starring Popeye and Olive Oyl. But Popeye may not survive the production.

Director: Gene Deitch | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel

Votes: 83