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Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers:
Noel Coward (play)
Eliot Stannard (scenario)
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Release Date:
1928 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | Thriller more
Plot:
A divorcée hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family. full summary | add synopsis
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(8 articles)
"Easy Virtue" Tops Film Favorites At Rome Film Festival
 (From iCelebz. 29 October 2008, 2:12 PM, PDT)

Jessica Biel's New Gig: Singing!
 (From PEOPLE.com. 23 October 2008, 11:00 PM, PDT)

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Gets Decent Mileage Out of a Simple Story more

Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
79 min | 89 min (Hypercube restored version)
Country:
UK
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Finland:S (1995) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG

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Trivia:
The play opened in London and New York City in 1925. The New York City production began on 7 December 1925 and had 147 performances with Jane Cowl as Larita, Robert Harris as John and Halliwell Hobbes as Colonel Whittaker. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Prosecutor: Mrs. Filton, do you wish the Jury to believe the co-respondent never kissed you?
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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Gets Decent Mileage Out of a Simple Story, 23 January 2002
Author: Snow Leopard from Ohio

This silent Alfred Hitchcock drama gets decent mileage out of a rather simple story. Isabel Jeans stars as a young woman who, because of a messy divorce in her past, is unfairly considered a woman of "Easy Virtue", and she must struggle constantly against the ways that her past affects how she is perceived by others. This kind of drama was probably more popular and more familiar in previous eras, and many stories of the kind don't hold up very well now. This one does often show some signs of age, but it also has some of Hitchcock's creative touches that move it along and make it worth watching. One of the best is Hitchcock's treatment of Jeans responding to a marriage proposal - it's quite innovative, and a nice way to avoid the often banal treatments of romantic scenes.

This is nothing like the movies for which Hitchcock is usually remembered, and it's really not even among his best silent work. But it's not bad, and if not always compelling, it is sometimes interesting in its look at the characters' social attitudes and perspectives.

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