The Constant Nymph (1943)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Edmund Goulding

Escritores:

Basil Dean (play)
Margaret Kennedy (novel) (play)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 octubre 1944 (Sweden)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

He tried to divide his heart and broke theirs.

Plot:

Fourteen-year-old Tessa is hopelessly in love with handsome composer Lewis Dodd, a family friend. Lewis adores Tessa...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Orchestral Music Score | Based On Novel | Based On Play

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Lost Classic!

Reparto

Charles Boyer	...	Lewis Dodd
Joan Fontaine	...	Tessa Sanger
Brenda Marshall	...	Toni Sanger
Alexis Smith	...	Florence Creighton
Charles Coburn	...	Charles Churchill
Dame May Whitty	...	Lady Longborough
Peter Lorre	...	Fritz Bercovi
Jean Muir	...	Kate Sanger
Joyce Reynolds	...	Paula Sanger
Eduardo Ciannelli	...	Roberto
Montagu Love	...	Albert Sanger
Janine Crispin	...	Marie
Doris Lloyd	...	Miss Hamilton
Joan Blair	...	Lina Kamaroff
Crauford Kent	...	Thorpe

También conocida como:

La ninfa constante (Spain) [es]

Duración:

112 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

A Nitrate Print of the film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for Preservation.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2001) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Tomorrow

A Lost Classic!

This film is one of the hardest to find great films of its day. Joan Fontaine considers it to be one of her two best performances, the other being her work in Letter From An Unknown Woman. Both films share an abundance of similarities. In each, she devotes her life to her love of a musician. Music is as significant and intrinsic to the films as any major character. In addition, the two films both allow Fontaine the dramatic luxury of playing her characters as children. She pulls this off more successfully than any other actress I have seen. In fact, my favorite parts of both films were the early scenes in which she was playing her characters at their most youthful. The Constant Nymph offers some fascinatingly complex characterizations, including Alexis Smith's Florence, whom we hate and feel sorry for at the same time (for stealing away Charles Boyer from Joan Fontaine). This is a very special film with some truly beautiful music. Catch it if you can!