Easy Virtue

Tells how a woman with a shady past marries a respectable man and moves inexorably toward a tragic ending. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

In 1926, Larita Filton (Isabel Jeans) testifies at her divorce. In a flashback, her husband Aubrey Filton is getting drunk in an artist's studio, as Mrs Filton's portrait is being painted. The painter, Claude Robson, is smitten with Larita and asks her to leave the physically abusive Filton, and marry him. She rejects Claude's advances and is pushing him away when Aubrey walks in on them. Aubrey files for divorce on the grounds of adultery.

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Cast
Isabel Jeans, Frank Elliott, Franklin Dyall
Complete catalog record
Tells how a woman with a shady past marries a respectable man and moves inexorably toward a tragic ending. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q1278385 ↗ — length, color, country