Exit Smiling
1
"Keep your shirt on!
Our leading lady hasn't
shown up yet!"
2
"This nervous tension will
positively slay me!"
3
"Where's your boots?"
4
VIOLET - -
The drudge of the
troupe...who also
played parts, like
Nothing in "Much Ado
About Nothing".
... Beatrice Lillie
5
"Do you think Mr. Wainwright
would let me play the leading
part? I know every line
of it!"
6
"You've got to start or
I'll give the people their
money back!"
7
"I can play the part of
Dolores Du Barry...like
it was never played
before!"
8
"Please, Mr. Wainwright!
I'll turn out to be a
genius...honest I will!"
9
"Patience, folks! It won't
be long now before
'Flaming Women' gets to
flamin'!"
10
"I've been getting
acquainted with some
real beer."
11
"My heart bleeds for
little Dolores Du Barry.
I fear the master means
her no good!"
12
Act three.
Ten years later...and
the audience is still
conscious.
13
"It's little Dolores Du
Barry! She's disguised
now as a vampire....
to save the man she
loves!"
14
"Ten o'clock! My lover
is saved!"
15
"Step on it! Train's
leaving!"
16
Among the very few
places fortunate
enough to have escaped
"Flaming Women" was the
town of East Farnham.
17
"Sorry to see you leaving
town, Jim. Hope you're
not in any trouble."
18
"What kind of a car
is this?"
19
"Are you an actress?"
20
"I was rehearsing the
part of the famous
vampire in 'Flaming
Women'."
21
"It's an awfully wonderful part.
How Sarah Bernhardt would
loved to have played it!"
22
"I always wanted to
meet an actress."
23
"How dare you! I've
never given you any
encouragement!"
24
The following morning
found Jasper Junction
inflicted with 'Flaming Women'.
25
"No argument! You're
fired!"
26
"I met the star of this
show last night."
27
"Fine state of affairs
when us actresses
have to do the work
of you servants!"
28
"Run along, my man!
Scrub the floors....
wash the dishes...and
make it snappy!"
29
"Send this telegram as
soon as you finish
cleaning up."
30
"I was just rehearsing
the maid's part. Really,
I'm quite good in maids'
parts."
31
"But, I'll bet you're best
as that vampire."
32
"You're right! And some
day I'll play that
vampire part. It's the
one big chance I'm
waiting for."
33
"Going anywhere in
particular?"
34
"No....I'm just looking
around for a job
somewhere."
35
"Here's a job you might
get."
36
"Here's a young man
who would like to
apply for that job."
37
"Any experience?"
38
"I won a prize in elocution
at high school."
39
"Please give him a trial.
I'll take him and learn
him the death scene
from 'Shattered Hearts'."
40
"Why don't you give him
a try-out at rehearsal
this afternoon?"
41
"This is a romantic place
to rehearse."
42
"Now....I'm your sweet-
heart and you're my
dying lover."
43
"Now I'll make my
entrance. Watch
closely!"
44
"Don't die, Ethelbert!
Light of my life....
don't go out!"
45
Afternoon rehearsal.
46
"It's the death scene from
'Shattered Hearts' I'll be
his dying sweetheart."
47
"She's dying! She's dying!
Can't you cry?"
48
"The kid certainly knows
his onions!"
49
"Young fellow, I'm going
to give you a chance."
50
So Jimmy became a
"trouper". And, back
in East Farnham, he
became a memory....
cherished only by the
girl he left behind.
51
"My daughter, forget
Jimmy and accept
Jesse Watson. There's
an ideal husband."
52
Jesse Watson, cashier
of the East Farnham
Bank.
53
"Watson, I'm in a jam.
You still owe me a
thousand....and I
want it!"
54
"When Jimmy Marsh
beat it from town
everybody thought he
swiped five thousand
from this bank, didn't
they?"
55
"Wasn't it a coincidence that
you paid me a five thousand
dollar gambling debt that
same night?"
56
"Listen, Powell....the
fact that Jimmy ran
away is accepted as
conclusive proof of his
guilt!"
57
"I can't ever believe
Jimmy did anything
wrong, Father."
58
"Dinner's ready!"
59
"Beans again! What is
this troupe...the Boston
Opera Company?"
60
"Come on with that
bread!"
61
"Get me a napkin --
quick!"
62
"Jim, I've decided to give
you a chance to play
the villain in 'Flaming
Women'!"
63
"Speaking of villains,
reminds me of a story!
When I played with
Edwin Booth - -"
64
"- and when I played
East Lynne - -"
65
The first time a girl's
in love....all the
world's a song. After
that it becomes a
phonographic record.
66
"I love you, I love you,
I love you,
You are the ordeal
of my dreams -"
67
"We're not going to play
this town, are we?"
68
"I can't appear in this
town...it's impossible!"
69
"I worked in the bank
here once, and....oh,
well, there was some
trouble - -"
70
"Whatever it was, Jimmy,
I know you were
innocent."
71
"Leave it to me, Jimmy.
I'll fix it so you won't
have to appear here."
72
"I'll get Anna to double
for me as the maid,
and then - -"
73
That night East Farnham
faced the agony of
"Flaming Women".
74
"This is an important
part. You're sure you'll
make a good actor?"
75
"I ought to...I'm the best
plumber in town!"
76
"My heart bleeds for little
Dolores Du Barry. I fear
the master means her
no good."
77
"I can look like a man!
I'll play his part!"
78
"So-ho, me proud beauty!
At last we meet face
to face!"
79
"Mark you, Dolores
Du Barry....I have
you in my fiendish
clutches!"
80
"Say your prayers, Jack
Merriweather! You're
going to....going to -"
81
"-- die the death of
a dirty dog!"
82
"-- die the dog of
a dirty death!"
83
"Very well! I go....but
I shall return!"
84
"You're wanted at
headquarters, Jack
Merriweather!"
85
"Hey, Jerry!"
86
"It's Jimmy Marsh! Let's
tell the gang he's back!"
87
"Flaming Women" flamed,
flickered and smouldered
through two acts...and
was gradually dying out.
88
"I may not be so good
as a villain...but wait
till I get a chance to play
that vampire part!"
89
"You can't bluff me!
Who told you Jimmy's
here?"
90
"Maybe when you see
him you'll pay that
thousand dollars you
owe me!"
91
"Now I'll take that
thousand!"
92
"You know mighty well
I have enough evidence
to clear Jimmy Marsh!"
93
"Wait here...I'll be back
with the money in ten
minutes."
94
"Dolores Du Barry!"
95
"He mustn't know me!
I pretended to faint so
he would carry me up
here!"
96
"If I can detain him for
an hour, my loved one
will be saved!"
97
"I feel so dizzy! Where
am I?"
98
"I'd better call a doctor!"
99
"Perhaps it isn't dizziness....
it may be love!"
100
"I've a warrant for Tod
Powell. Haven't seen
him, have you?"
101
"Lord Throckmorton just
telephoned he is sending
over a very important
message."
102
"That other fellow will
be right back. Give him
this note."
103
"Ten o'clock! My lover
is saved!"
104
"If I can detain him for
an hour, my loved one
will be saved!"
105
"Give me some of that
incense!"
106
"I feel so dizzy. Where
are I?"
107
"I'd better call a doctor!"
108
"Perhaps it isn't dizziness....
it may be love!"
109
"I said ... 'it may be love!'"
110
"Yes...yes...I'm sure
it's love!"
111
"He says he won't pay
the money!"
112
"Twelve o'clock! My
lover is saved!"
113
"-- and Jimmy Marsh
can verify it! He's
down at the station in
the show car."
114
"I've got wonderful news
for Jimmy! He's waiting
for me at the show car!"
115
"Jimmy, I've always
believed in you."
116
"You just bet I'm going
to stay here!"
117
"Oh, Jimmy, about that
trouble of yours at the
bank - -"
118
"Don't worry about that,
Vi....I've got some
evidence that will clear
up everything."
119
"I'm going to stay
here, Vi...and make
good in the banking
business."
120
"- and you'll be making a
great name for yourself
in the theatre."
121
"That's your life, isn't it?"
122
"Gee, Vi, I sure hope
you get a chance
to play that vampire
part some day."
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