Exit the Vamp

{{short description|1921 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Exit the Vamp | image = Exit the Vamp still.jpg | alt = | caption = Theodore Roberts and Ethel Clayton in a film still from ''Exit the Vamp'' | director = Frank Urson | producer = Jesse L. Lasky | screenplay = Clara Beranger | starring = Ethel Clayton<br>T. Roy Barnes<br>Fontaine La Rue<br>Theodore Roberts | music = | cinematography = Charles Edgar Schoenbaum | editing = | studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1921|11|6}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} thumb|262x262px|Exit the Vamp lobby card '''''Exit the Vamp''''' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Urson and written by Clara Beranger. The film stars Ethel Clayton, T. Roy Barnes, Fontaine La Rue, Theodore Roberts, William Boyd, and Michael D. Moore. The film was released on November 6, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90744/Exit-the-Vamp/overview|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127154521/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90744/Exit-the-Vamp/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Hal Erickson|title=Exit-the-Vamp - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|accessdate=January 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=8886|title=Exit the Vamp|work=afi.com|accessdate=January 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/E/ExitTheVamp1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Exit the Vamp''] at silentera.com</ref>

==Plot== As described in a film magazine,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''Exit the Vamp'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=13 |issue=24 |page=60 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=December 10, 1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald13exhi_0}}</ref> successful lawyer John Shipley (Barnes) becomes fascinated by a vampire (La Rue) of the accepted type. His wife Marion (Clayton) becomes aware of the infatuation and adopts the ways of her opponent, pretending incidentally an affection for a World War I veteran (Boyd) whom she knew in France. At a house party to which Marion had invited the other woman, her husband discovers his mistake in his judgment of womanly values and the wife emerges from the conflict victorious.

==Cast== *Ethel Clayton as Marion Shipley *T. Roy Barnes as John Shipley *Fontaine La Rue as Mrs. Willy Strong *Theodore Roberts as Old Man Shipley *William Boyd as Robert Pitts *Michael D. Moore as Junior Shipley *Mattie Peters as Mammy

==Preservation== With no prints of ''Exit the Vamp'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5063/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Exit the Vamp'']</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Exit the Vamp}} *{{IMDb title|0012143|Exit the Vamp}}

Category:1921 films Category:1921 English-language films Category:1921 comedy films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent feature films Category:Films directed by Frank Urson Category:1921 lost films Category:English-language comedy films Category:1921 American films Category:Lost American silent comedy films