The Constant Nymph – 1928 | 97 mins | Romance | B&W

Plot Synopsis

This is the first of three film versions of Margaret Kennedy’s 1924 best-seller The Constant Nymph. Tessa (Mabel Poulton) is an impressionable young girl who falls in love with brilliant but impoverished composer Lewis Dodd (Ivor Novello). The selfish Dodd however barely acknowledges Tessa’s existence, preferring instead the company of the older, prettier and wealthier Paulina (Dorothy Boyd). Only when it is nearly too late does Dodd realize how much he loves Tessa and how the girl has influenced his finest musical work. Copyright Hal Erickson.