Exit Smiling

1926
Passed
1h 17m

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Beatrice Lillie and Jack Pickford in Exit Smiling (1926)

A maid working for a theatrical troupe gets small roles but craves a major part, determined to prove herself deserving of stardom amidst the company's productions.A maid working for a theatrical troupe gets small roles but craves a major part, determined to prove herself deserving of stardom amidst the company's productions.A maid working for a theatrical troupe gets small roles but craves a major part, determined to prove herself deserving of stardom amidst the company's productions.

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Beatrice Lillie

Violet

Jack Pickford

Jimmy Marsh

Doris Lloyd

Olga

DeWitt Jennings

Orlando Wainwright

Harry Myers

Jesse Watson

Tenen Holtz

Tod Powell

Louise Lorraine

Phyllis Tichnor

Franklin Pangborn

Cecil Lovelace

D'Arcy Corrigan

Macomber
(uncredited)

Charles K. French

Mr. Tichnor
(uncredited)

Dwight Frye

Balcony Heckler
(uncredited)

William Gillespie

Jack Hastings
(uncredited)

Jimmy Humes

Audience Member
(uncredited)

Gus Leonard

Audience Member
(uncredited)

Andy MacLennan

Stagehand
(uncredited)

Kenneth McMillan

Audience Member
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Terence McMillan

Audience Member
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Carl Richards

Dave
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Feature film debut of Franklin Pangborn, who played Cecil Lovelace, one of the actors in the repertory troupe.

Goofs
Around 51 minutes, when Violet (Beatrice Lillie) is playing the villain part in the play, the string can be seen used to pull off the mustache as she sneezes.

Quotes
Title Card: VIOLET - - The drudge of the troupe... who also played parts, like "Nothing" in "Much Ado About Nothing".

Alternate versions
In 2004, Turner Entertainment Co. copyrighted a version with a new score by Linda Martinez, winner of the 4th Annual Young Composers Competition sponsored by Turner Classic Movies (TCM). It was premiered by TCM on 15 May 2005 and ran 77 minutes.

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This marvelous film...

This marvelous film stars one of the funniest women who ever lived, as a theatre slavey who plays both male and female roles in the play to help the love of her life-whom she does NOT ride off with to live Happily Ever After. Perhaps the 'no happy ending' of this particular Cinderella story doomed it to failure at the time of its original release, but it's a delight that should amuse today's comedy fans...please, could we just see it once more? Beatrice Lillie is lovely and extremely funny. I will never forget the sight of her tossing a long fur boa over her shoulder as she 'vamps' the villain...and getting it caught in an electric fan...