Easy Virtue (1928 film)
| Easy Virtue | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Produced by | Uncredited: Michael Balcon C. M. Woolf |
| Written by | Play: Noël Coward Scenario: Eliot Stannard |
| Starring | Isabel Jeans Franklin Dyall Eric Bransby Williams Ian Hunter |
| Cinematography | Claude L. McDonnell |
| Editing by | Ivor Montagu |
| Distributed by | Wardour Films (UK) Sono Art-World Wide Pictures (U.S.) |
| Release date(s) | 5 March 1928 (UK) 1928 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 79 min. 89 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Easy Virtue (1928) is a silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and loosely based on a play by Noël Coward.
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[edit] Synopsis
The heroine Larita (Isabel Jeans) is married to a drunken brute. After he catches her almost being seduced by the artist who has been painting her picture, he brings suit for divorce on the grounds of adultery. Since she is now a disgraced woman of "easy virtue", Larita takes to the French Riviera where she meets and marries a rich younger man, John Whittaker (Robin Irvine). She doesn't tell him about her past and they return to England to meet his family. His mother strongly disapproves of her, suspecting Larita of immorality.
Larita's past comes to light and she decides to allow John to divorce her so he can marry Sarah, a local girl whom his mother had in mind as a suitable match.
[edit] Cast
- Isabel Jeans — Larita Filton
- Franklin Dyall — Aubrey Filton
- Eric Bransby Williams — Claude Robson
- Ian Hunter — The plaintiff's counsel
- Robin Irvine — John Whittaker
- Violet Farebrother — Mrs. Whittaker
- Frank Elliott — Colonel Whittaker
- Dacia Deane — Marion Whittaker
- Dorothy Boyd — Hilda Whittaker
- Enid Stamp Taylor — Sarah (as Enid Stamp Taylor)
- Alfred Hitchcock — Man with stick near tennis court (uncredited)
- Benita Hume — Telephone receptionist (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock's cameo is a signature occurrence in almost all of Hitchcock's films. He can be seen walking past a tennis court carrying a walking stick at about 15 minutes into the film.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Easy Virtue at the Internet Movie Database
- Easy Virtue is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Easy Virtue at AllRovi
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