The Constant Nymph (1943)
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Warner Bros.' The Constant Nymph was the third filmization of Margaret Dean's 1924 novel; the first two were filmed in Britain in 1928 and 1933 by producer Michael Balcon. The plot was substantially the same in all three versions: A self-centered European musician (Charles Boyer) is idolized by a young Belgian girl (Joan Fontaine) with a serious heart condition. Though he is fond of the girl, the composer opts for a wealthy marriage to her socialite cousin (Alexis Smith)--and lives to regret the move. Peter Lorre, taking a respite from villainous roles, is quite effective as a philosophical family friend. Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold's six-minute symphonic tone poem for Constant Nymph was given class-A treatment in a specially recorded RCA Victor orchestration in 1972. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Charles Boyer - Lewis Dodd
- Alexis Smith - Florence Creighton
- Brenda Marshall - Toni Sanger
- Dame May Whitty - Lady Longborough
- Jean Muir - Kate Sanger
- Janine Crispin - Marie
- Joan Blair - Lina Kamaroff
- Crauford Kent - Thorpe
- Eduardo Ciannelli - Roberto
- Joan Fontaine - Tessa Sanger
- Charles Coburn - Charles Churchill
- Peter Lorre - Fritz Bercovi
- Joyce Reynolds - Paula Sanger
- Montagu Love - Albert Sanger
- Doris Lloyd - Miss Hamilton
- André Charlot - Dr. Renee
- Marcel Dalio - Georges
- Dick Ryan - Firil Trigorin
- Director(s):
- Edmund Goulding
- Writer(s):
- Basil Dean, Kathryn Scola, Margaret Kennedy
- Producer(s):
- Henry Blanke
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