Exit Smiling

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]

Exit Smiling
Lobby card
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 (1926-11-14)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The full film

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
• 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)