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
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 14, 1926;
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Exit Smiling is a 1926 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.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Violet (Beatrice Lillie), the travelling theatre troupe's worst actress, dreams of all she could be if she only had the right opportunities. Jimmy (Jack Pickford) 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
Dwight Frye as Balcony Heckler (uncredited)

References

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

External links

Exit Smiling at IMDb
Exit Smiling at the TCM Movie Database
Exit Smiling at AllMovie

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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 ^{[dead link]}

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