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Exit Smiling
(1926)

This comedy-drama, directed by Sam Taylor, stars Beatrice Lillie and Jack Pickford, with Doris Lloyd, DeWitt Jennings, Harry C. Myers, Tenen Holtz, Louise Lorraine and Franklin Pangborn.

Warner Archive Collection
2009 DVD edition

Exit Smiling (1926), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-83316-12615-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 24 March 2009.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 0 / overall: 8.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print, as originally prepared for telecast on Turner Classic Movies. Some missing shots appear to have been inserted from a very-good 16mm reduction print.

The film is accompanied by a lively and ambitious orchestral music score by composed by Linda Martinez.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

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