The Constant Nymph (1933 film)

The Constant Nymph is a 1933 British drama film directed by Basil Dean and starring Victoria Hopper, Brian Aherne and Leonora Corbett. It is an adaptation of the novel The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy. 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.

Synopsis

This romance 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. Victoria Hopper plays the title character, a rich, Belgian gamine named Tessa Sanger. The girl falls hopelessly in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who is so full of himself that he barely acknowledges Tessa's existence. As she looks on in quiet desperation, Dodd marries another woman, his distant cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). 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. 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.

Cast

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

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Constant Nymph at IMDb