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Exit Smiling

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Exit Smiling
Lobby card
Directed bySam Taylor
Written byTim Whelan and Sam Taylor
Based onExit Smiling
by Marc Connelly
Produced bySam Taylor (uncredited)
StarringBeatrice Lillie
Jack Pickford
CinematographyAndré Barlatier
Edited byDaniel J. Gray
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 14, 1926 (1926-11-14)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
The 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.[1][2]

Plot

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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]

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