The Constant Nymph

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

The Production Team

Director: Adrian Brunel.
Producer: Michael Balcon and Basil Dean.
Script: Adrian Brunel, Basil Dean, Margaret Kennedy and Alma Reville. (based on a play by Margaret Kennedy)
Cinematography: David W. Gobbett.

The Cast

Ivor Novello - Louis Dodd
Mabel Poulton - Tessa
Mary Clare - Linda
Benita Hume - Toni

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.