Exit Smiling
Appearance
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 |
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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
Categories:
- 1926 films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films about actors
- Films directed by Sam Taylor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- American comedy films
- Films with screenplays by Sam Taylor (director)
- 1926 comedy films
- Surviving American silent films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs