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.[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 Constant Nymph
Directed byBasil Dean
Screenplay byDorothy Farnum
Based onThe Constant Nymph (novel) (1924 novel)
by Margaret Kennedy
1926 play (Basil Dean)
Produced byMichael Balcon
Starring
CinematographyMutz Greenbaum
Edited byFrederick Y. Smith
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • December 1933 (1933-12) (United Kingdom)
  • 7 April 1934 (1934-04-07) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

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. 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, her 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.[4]

Cast

References
  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.

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