Exit Smiling

Exit Smiling
Exit Smiling
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Directed by	Sam Taylor
Written by	Tim Whelan and Sam Taylor
Based on	Exit Smiling; by Marc Connelly
Produced by	Sam Taylor (uncredited)
Starring	Beatrice Lillie; Jack Pickford
Cinematography	André Barlatier
Edited by	Daniel J. Gray
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 14, 1926;
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Exit Smiling (full film)

Exit Smiling is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and starring New York and London revues star Beatrice Lillie in her first (and only silent) film role and Jack Pickford, the brother of star Mary Pickford. The film was also the debut of actor Franklin Pangborn. This film is available on DVD from the Warner Archives Collection.

Plot

Violet, the travelling theatre troupe's worst actress, dreams of all she could be if she only had the right opportunities. Jimmy is a runaway bank clerk who joins the troupe as a juvenile lead actor.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Beatrice Lillie as Violet
Jack Pickford as Jimmy Marsh
Doris Lloyd as Olga
DeWitt Jennings as Orlando Wainwright
Harry Myers as Jesse Watson
Tenen Holtz as Tod Powell
Louise Lorraine as Phyllis Tichnor
Franklin Pangborn as Cecil Lovelace
D'Arcy Corrigan as Macomber (uncredited)
Charles K. French as Mr. Tichnor (uncredited)
Dwight Frye as Balcony Heckler (uncredited)
William Gillespie as Jack Hastings (uncredited)
Jimmy Humes as Audience Member (uncredited)
Gus Leonard as Audience Member (uncredited)
Andy MacLennan as Stagehand (uncredited)
Kenneth McMillan as Audience Member (uncredited)
Terence McMillan as Audience Member (uncredited)
Carl Richards as Dave (uncredited)
Carl 'Major' Roup as Young Boy in Audience (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert as Anna (uncredited)
Bert Woodruff as 1st Theatre Manager (uncredited)

References

↑ Eames, John Douglas (1981). The MGM Story, 1981
↑ Exit Smiling available on DVD or download from the Warner Archive Collection^{[link removed]}

External links

Exit Smiling at IMDb
Exit Smiling at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
Exit Smiling at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Preview clip on YouTube (3 minutes)

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[1] Eames, John Douglas (1981). The MGM Story, 1981

[2] Exit Smiling available on DVD or download from the Warner Archive Collection^{[link removed]}