Exit Smiling (1926)
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Exit Smiling is perhaps the only film that ever fully utilized the comic genius of the incomparable Beatrice Lillie. The star is cast as the wardrobe lady of a touring theatrical company. She is introduced to the audience via subtitle as "Violet, the drudge of the troupe...Who also plays parts… More Exit Smiling is perhaps the only film that ever fully utilized the comic genius of the incomparable Beatrice Lillie. The star is cast as the wardrobe lady of a touring theatrical company. She is introduced to the audience via subtitle as "Violet, the drudge of the troupe...Who also plays parts like 'Nothing' in Much Ado About Nothing." Though bogged down in a treacly plot concerning fugitive-from-justice Jimmy Marsh (Jack Pickford), Lillie manages to rise above the material with her first-rate clowning. Her particular highlight is an extended routine involving a string of pearls (a Lillie "standard" that she'd use time and again on stage). Alas, after the box-office failure of Exit Smiling, Bea Lillie would be confined to secondary film roles, often as not far beneath her talents. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sam Taylor
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1926 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The film's most enjoyable performance goes hands down to the great character actor Franklin Pangborn.
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Cast
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Beatrice Lillie
as Violet
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Jack Pickford
as Jimmy Marsh
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Doris Lloyd
as Olga
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DeWitt Jennings
as Orlando Wainwright
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D'Arcy Corrigan
as Macomber
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Franklin Pangborn
as Cecil Lovelace
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William Gillespie
as Jack Hastings
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Carl Richards
as Dave
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Harry Myers
as Jesse Watson
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Tenen Holtz
as Tod Powell
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Louise Lorraine
as Phyllis Tichnor
