The Constant Nymph

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The Constant Nymph - 1933 | 85 mins | Romance | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Basil Dean.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Script: Basil Dean and Dorothy Farnum. (from the novel by Margaret Kennedy)
Cinematography: Mutz Greenbaum.
Art Direction: Alfred Junge.
Costume Design: Gordon Conway.

The 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

Plot Synopsis

Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining the already delicate Tessa’s health, the composer realises that life without Tessa is unbearable and leaves his unloving wife – but sadly too late.