Easy virtue

United Kingdom, 1927

Film
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Based on the play by Noel Coward, Hitchcock’s version of what Coward intended as a comedy was produced as a melodrama. Larita Filton, a married woman, falls in love with a young artist. When he suicides, Larita divorces her drunken husband and travels abroad. There she meets John Whittaker who knows nothing of her past. His mother finds out the truth about Larita and compells John to divorce her. Hitchock appears in this film strolling past a tennis court. It is a must see for Hitchcock film buffs.

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Credits

director

Alfred Hitchcock

co-producer

M Woolf

Sir Michael Balcon

production company

Gainsborough Pictures

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1927

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306739

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1278385

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