Easy Virtue (1928 film)
| Easy Virtue | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Produced by | Uncredited: Michael Balcon C. M. Woolf |
| Written by | Eliot Stannard |
| Based on | Easy Virtue by Noël Coward |
| Starring | Isabel Jeans Franklin Dyall Eric Bransby Williams Ian Hunter |
| Cinematography | Claude L. McDonnell |
| Editing by | Ivor Montagu |
| Studio | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service (UK) Sono Art-World Wide Pictures (US) |
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| Running time | 70 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Easy Virtue is a 1928 British silent romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall and Ian Hunter. It is loosely based on the play Easy Virtue by Noël Coward.
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Plot [edit]
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 leaves for the French Riviera, where she meets and marries a rich younger man, John Whittaker (Robin Irvine). She does not 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.
Cast [edit]
- Isabel Jeans as Larita Filton
- Franklin Dyall as Aubrey Filton
- Eric Bransby Williams as Claude Robson
- Ian Hunter as The plaintiff's counsel
- Robin Irvine as John Whittaker
- Violet Farebrother as Mrs. Whittaker
- Frank Elliott as Colonel Whittaker
- Dacia Deane as Marion Whittaker
- Dorothy Boyd as Hilda Whittaker
- Enid Stamp Taylor as Sarah (as Enid Stamp Taylor)
- Alfred Hitchcock as Man with stick near tennis court (uncredited)
- Benita Hume as Telephone receptionist (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock's cameo is a signature occurrence in almost all of Hitchcock's films. About 15 minutes into the film he can be seen walking past a tennis court carrying a walking stick.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "EASY VIRTUE (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
External links [edit]
- Easy Virtue at the Internet Movie Database
- Easy Virtue is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Easy Virtue at AllRovi
