# Exit the Vamp

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{{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](/source/Theodore_Roberts) and [Ethel Clayton](/source/Ethel_Clayton) in a [film still](/source/film_still) from ''Exit the Vamp''
| director       = [Frank Urson](/source/Frank_Urson)
| producer       = [Jesse L. Lasky](/source/Jesse_L._Lasky)
| screenplay     = [Clara Beranger](/source/Clara_Beranger)
| starring       = [Ethel Clayton](/source/Ethel_Clayton)<br>[T. Roy Barnes](/source/T._Roy_Barnes)<br>[Fontaine La Rue](/source/Fontaine_La_Rue)<br>[Theodore Roberts](/source/Theodore_Roberts)
| music          = 
| cinematography = [Charles Edgar Schoenbaum](/source/Charles_Edgar_Schoenbaum)
| editing        = 
| studio         = [Famous Players–Lasky Corporation](/source/Famous_Players%E2%80%93Lasky_Corporation)
| distributor    = [Paramount Pictures](/source/Paramount_Pictures)
| released       = {{Film date|1921|11|6}}
| runtime        = 50 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
| budget         = 
| gross          =
}}
thumb|262x262px|Exit the Vamp lobby card
'''''Exit the Vamp''''' is a 1921 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by [Frank Urson](/source/Frank_Urson) and written by [Clara Beranger](/source/Clara_Beranger). The film stars [Ethel Clayton](/source/Ethel_Clayton), [T. Roy Barnes](/source/T._Roy_Barnes), [Fontaine La Rue](/source/Fontaine_La_Rue), [Theodore Roberts](/source/Theodore_Roberts), [William Boyd](/source/William_Boyd_(actor)), and [Michael D. Moore](/source/Michael_D._Moore). The film was released on November 6, 1921, by [Paramount Pictures](/source/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](/source/The_New_York_Times)|publisher=[Baseline](/source/Baseline_(database)) & [All Movie Guide](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Femme_fatale) (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](/source/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](/source/Ethel_Clayton) as Marion Shipley
*[T. Roy Barnes](/source/T._Roy_Barnes) as John Shipley
*[Fontaine La Rue](/source/Fontaine_La_Rue) as Mrs. Willy Strong
*[Theodore Roberts](/source/Theodore_Roberts) as Old Man Shipley
*[William Boyd](/source/William_Boyd_(actor)) as Robert Pitts
*[Michael D. Moore](/source/Michael_D._Moore) as Junior Shipley
*[Mattie Peters](/source/Mattie_Peters) as Mammy

==Preservation==
With no prints of ''Exit the Vamp'' located in any film archives, it is considered a [lost film](/source/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>

==References==
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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

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