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A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.
Enid Stamp-Taylor
- Sarah
- (as Enid Stamp Taylor)
Alfred Hitchcock
- Man with Stick Near Tennis Court
- (uncredited)
Benita Hume
- Telephone Receptionist
- (uncredited)
Ben Webster
- Justice Halstead
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaAlfred Hitchcock: Walking past a tennis court carrying a walking stick.
- GoofsWhile sitting with Larita after she is hit with the tennis ball, John's sitting position changes between shots.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Larita Filton: [to news photographers] Shoot! There's nothing left to kill.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "SOTTO IL CAPRICORNO (Il peccato di Lady Considine, 1949) New Widescreen Edition + FRAGILE VIRTÙ (1927)" (2 Films on a single DVD, with "Under Capricorn" in double version 1.33:1 and 1.78:1), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
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Not bad silent
A very little seen Hitchcock, and a decent British silent film, from a Noel Coward play. It's surprisingly visual for a stage play, with titles kept to a minimum. As with a lot of early HItchcock the copies circulating are pretty bad. It must have looked good when it was new.
The courtroom sequence has some typical Hitchcock touches - views through the judge's monocle. The strangest link with later films is an odd prophecy of Marnie. The blonde wife with a mysterious past is brought home to the country house, with crusty colonel father in law and brunette sister in law meeting her. A bit later on you expect to see Strutt turn up at a party to identify her. Almost the same thing happens and at the final party Isobel Jeans glams herself up and makes a grand entrance down the staircase.
I am developing a theory that the things Hitchcock says nothing about in the Truffaut book are the important ones! Isobel Jeans reappeared in Suspicion 13 years later. Is she the original Hitchcock blonde? If only (BFI please note) there were proper bright restorations of these early Hitchcocks. The only one I've seen looking good is The Lodger. It makes a huge difference.
The courtroom sequence has some typical Hitchcock touches - views through the judge's monocle. The strangest link with later films is an odd prophecy of Marnie. The blonde wife with a mysterious past is brought home to the country house, with crusty colonel father in law and brunette sister in law meeting her. A bit later on you expect to see Strutt turn up at a party to identify her. Almost the same thing happens and at the final party Isobel Jeans glams herself up and makes a grand entrance down the staircase.
I am developing a theory that the things Hitchcock says nothing about in the Truffaut book are the important ones! Isobel Jeans reappeared in Suspicion 13 years later. Is she the original Hitchcock blonde? If only (BFI please note) there were proper bright restorations of these early Hitchcocks. The only one I've seen looking good is The Lodger. It makes a huge difference.
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- ajbakeresq
- Feb 19, 2007
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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