The Constant Nymph (1933 film)

The Constant Nymph
The Constant Nymph
Directed by	Basil Dean
Screenplay by	Dorothy Farnum
Based on	The Constant Nymph (novel) (1924 novel); by Margaret Kennedy; 1926 play (Basil Dean)
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Starring	Victoria Hopper; Brian Aherne; Leonora Corbett;
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by	Frederick Y. Smith
Music by	Eugene Goossens; John Greenwood;
Production; company	Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors; Fox Film;
Release dates	December 1933 (United Kingdom); 7 April 1934 (United States);
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Constant Nymph is a 1933 British drama film directed by Basil Dean and starring Victoria Hopper, Brian Aherne and Leonora Corbett.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1924 novel The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy and the 1926 stage play adaptation written by Kennedy and Dean.^[2] Dean tried to persuade Novello to reprise his appearance from the 1928 silent version The Constant Nymph but was turned down and cast Aherne in the part instead.^[3] The film is set in Tyrol, western Austria. Previously filmed in 1928, the sentimental Margaret Kennedy novel The Constant Nymph was sumptuously remade by Gaumont-British Picture Corporation in 1933.

Plot

.A rich, Belgian gamine named Tessa Sanger falls hopelessly in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd, who is so full of himself that he barely acknowledges Tessa's existence. As she looks on in quiet desperation, Dodd marries another woman, her cousin Florence. It takes him nearly the entire picture to realize what a fool he's been, and that Tessa was the one girl for him all along – but alas, it's too late.

Cast

Victoria Hopper as Tess Sanger
Brian Aherne as Lewis Dodd
Leonora Corbett as Florence
Lyn Harding as Albert Sanger
Mary Clare as Linda Sanger
Jane Baxter as Antonia Sanger
Fritz Schulz as Jacob Birnbaum
Tony De Lungo as Roberto
Jane Cornell as Kate Sanger
Peggy Blythe as Lena Sanger
Athole Stewart as Charles Churchill
Beryl Laverick as Susan Sanger
Jim Gérald as Trigorin

Remake

The Constant Nymph was remade by Warner Bros. in 1943, at which time all prints of the 1933 version were supposed to be destroyed, however, several prints did survive.^[4]

References

^ "The Constant Nymph (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ "The Constant Nymph – Broadway Show – Play | IBDB".
^ Sweet p. 124
^ Hal Erickson. "The Constant Nymph (1933) - Basil Dean - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

Bibliography

Sweet, Matthew. Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema. Faber and Faber, 2005.

External links

The Constant Nymph at IMDb
The Constant Nymph at AllMovie
The Constant Nymph at the TCM Movie Database
The Constant Nymph at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] "The Constant Nymph (1933)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[2] "The Constant Nymph – Broadway Show – Play | IBDB".

[3] Sweet p. 124

[4] Hal Erickson. "The Constant Nymph (1933) - Basil Dean - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

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