Easy Virtue (1928) 3/9

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Year: 1928
Starring: Isabel Jeans, Robin Irvine, Violet Farebrother


After enduring a spectacular and scandalous divorce trial, Larita flees to the south of France where she meets John, a young man who belongs to a rich and powerful English family. The two fall in love and after a wedding proposition they return to the guy's family mansion. The whole family is willing to accept the charming girl but John's mother, who cannot see the truth behind her. Little by little bits of Larita's past start to come to surface until the catastrophic moment when, flicking through the pages of a famous gossip magazine, the real truth is finally revealed and she is left with the only option of living for good.


In this film Hitchcock focuses on the power of the media, especially when it reaches a point that it can destroy people's lives. Larita's last words "Go ahead and shoot, there's nothing left to kill" are Hitchcock's not favourite line but strongest point to blame the misuse and the abuse of media information.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Easy Virtue
• Black and White
• Classic Film
• 1928
• 20's
• Isabel Jeans
• Robin Irvine
• Violet Farebrother