backstage,femme fatale,unrequited love,train,on the road,silent film,stage performance,stage play,stage manager,understudy,theater audience

Exit Smiling (1926)

Poster for Exit Smiling

The story of an ugly duckling.

The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Flaming Women) female lead.

Cast & Crew

Director
Sam Taylor
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    Jimmy Marsh Jack Pickford
  • Profile picture of Doris Lloyd
    Olga Doris Lloyd
  • Profile picture of DeWitt Jennings
    Orlando Wainwright DeWitt Jennings
  • Profile picture of Harry Myers
    Jesse Watson Harry Myers
  • Profile picture of Franklin Pangborn
    Cecil Lovelace Franklin Pangborn
  • Profile picture of Tenen Holtz
    Tod Powell Tenen Holtz
  • Profile picture of Louise Lorraine
    Phyllis Louise Lorraine
  • Profile picture of Dorothea Wolbert
    Anna (uncredited) Dorothea Wolbert

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Keywords

  • backstage
  • femme fatale
  • unrequited love
  • train
  • on the road
  • silent film
  • stage performance
  • stage play
  • stage manager
  • understudy
  • theater audience