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The Constant Nymph ()

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The daughter (Joan Fontaine) of a musical mentor (Montagu Love) is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband (Charles Boyer), a handsome composer.
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Lewis Dodd
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Tessa Sanger
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Florence Creighton
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Toni Sanger
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Charles Creighton
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Lady Longborough (as Dame May Whitty)
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Fritz Bercovy
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Paula Sanger
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Kate Sanger
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Albert Sanger
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Roberto (as Edward Ciannelli)
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Marie
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Miss Hamilton
Joan Blair ...
Lina
André Charlot ...
Dr. Renee (as Andre Charlot)
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Kiril Trigorin (as Richard Ryan)
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Thorpe
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Georges
Clemence Groves ...
Concert Soloist
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Louise Brien ...
Alicia Longborough (uncredited)
James Carlisle ...
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Florist (uncredited)
Jack Deery ...
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Mildred Evelyn ...
Lady Saunders (uncredited)
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Self - Trailer Host & Narrator (uncredited)
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Concertgoer (uncredited)
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Groom (uncredited)
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George Kirby ...
Moving Man (uncredited)
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General Saunders (uncredited)
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Max Rabinowitz ...
Caroli (uncredited)
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Maid (uncredited)
Paul Ravel ...
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Geoffrey Steele ...
Capt. Archie Turtle (uncredited)
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Groom (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edmund Goulding

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Kathryn Scola ... (screen play by)
 
Margaret Kennedy ... (from the novel by) and
Basil Dean ... (from the novel by)
 
Margaret Kennedy ... (from the play by) and
Basil Dean ... (from the play by)

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Henry Blanke ... producer (produced by)
Hal B. Wallis ... executive producer (uncredited)
Jack L. Warner ... executive producer

Music by

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold

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Tony Gaudio ... director of photography

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David Weisbart

Art Direction by

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Carl Jules Weyl

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Orry-Kelly ... (gowns)

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Perc Westmore ... makeup artist

Sound Department

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Oliver S. Garretson ... sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director
Hugo Friedhofer ... orchestrator
Erich Wolfgang Korngold ... conductor (uncredited)
Max Rabinowitz ... musician (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Sally Sweetland ... voice double (uncredited)
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  • RCA (sound system)

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Plot Summary

Fourteen-year-old Tessa (Joan Fontaine) is hopelessly in love with handsome composer Lewis Dodd (Charles Boyer), a family friend. Lewis adores Tessa, but has never shown any romantic feelings toward her. When Tessa's father (Montagu Love) dies, Lewis contacts her late mother's wealthy family so they'll take care of Tessa and her sisters. Lewis becomes taken with Tessa's haughty cousin Florence (Alexis Smith) and the two soon marry and head off for Florence's estate in England. Meanwhile, Florence sends Tessa and her sister Paula (Joyce Reynolds) off to finishing school. The girls run away from school and Tessa moves in with Florence and Lewis. Florence soon becomes consumed with jealousy over the bond between her husband and Tessa. Written by Daniel Bubbeo

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Taglines HE LEARNED TOO LATE...that he preferred charming simplicity to sophisticated beauty! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Tower Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - Feb. 23, 1944) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Tessa, la nymphe au coeur fidèle (France)
  • La ninfa constante (Spain)
  • Das Lied verstummt (Austria)
  • Πεθαίνω από αγάπη (Greece)
  • De Amor Também se Morre (Portugal)
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Trivia Joan Fontaine got the lead role of Tessa by a lucky chance. One day, she was having lunch at Romanoff's in Hollywood, with her husband, actor Brian Aherne. The two had just flown in by airplane from their grape ranch in Indio, California, and Fontaine was in a leather flight suit with her hair done in pigtails. Director Edmund Goulding walked into the restaurant, and stopped by their table to say hello to his good friend Aherne. Goulding complained that he was having trouble casting a lead actress for his next movie, "The Constant Nymph." Although he had considered Joan Leslie, she was wrong for the part. And, Goulding explained, "Jack Warner wants a star in the lead, but she has to be consumptive, flat-chested, anemic, and fourteen!" "How about me?" said Fontaine. "Who are you?" asked Goulding, not recognizing the freckled girl in pigtails sitting next to him. "Joan Fontaine," said the actress. Goulding looked startled. "You're perfect!" Fontaine was signed for the part the next day, and later called it "the happiest motion-picture assignment of my career." See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2005). See more »
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Quotes Florence Creighton: You flung yourself at my husband in this house and you succeeded!
Tessa Sanger: I can't help it if I love Lewis! I did long before you came to Switzerland and it's not a happy thing. It's brought nothing but sadness into my life, and yet it's so overwhelming I wouldn't want it to be different.
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