The Constant Nymph

1943

Drama / Music / Mystery / Romance

2
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1757 1.8K

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Plot summary

The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.

Director

Edmund Goulding Photo
Edmund Goulding

Top cast

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Joan Fontaine as Tessa Sanger
Brenda Marshall Photo
Brenda Marshall as Toni Sanger
Joyce Reynolds Photo
Joyce Reynolds as Paula Sanger
Cyril Ring Photo
Cyril Ring as Party Guest
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

The Constant Nymph' tells the story of a

'The Constant Nymph' tells the story of a delightful young girl (Joan Fontaine) who has a crush on an older man (Charles Boyer), a friend of her father's. Fontaine is fantastic, grabbing us from the start with infectious energy, and truly channeling what it is to be a teenager, despite being 26 years old at the time. Boyer turns in a strong performance as well, playing a headstrong composer of modern symphonies, which are short on melody and jarring. He marries a rich woman (Alexis Smith), and the two soon butt heads over social functions, as well as her jealousy over the special relationship he has with the young girl. Despite this relationship and all of the dreamy glances Fontaine casts in Boyer's direction, those who liken the film to Lolita are off-base. There is such purity and chasteness here, with Fontaine's character having a sense of honor against doing wrong, and Boyer's having no lascivious interest in her or her sisters at all. They are the polar opposites of Dolores Haze and Humbert Humbert, who between flirtation, predation, statutory rape, and ultimately, humiliation, have us cringing (though perhaps unable to look away). The title word here, 'nymph', should be considered simply as a young maiden, without the sexual connotations it's sometimes associated with. I really liked this innocence, it makes the story tug on the heartstrings all the more, and I also liked the civility and grace by which even the strongest and most personal feelings are expressed. The plot borders on melodrama but it's the strength of the performances that carry it for me. Fontaine was well worthy of her Oscar nomination, Boyer ranges from troubled artist to affectionate 'uncle', and Alexis Smith simmers visibly as she tries to control her feelings. It wanders dangerously close to cloying, but ultimately is just the right amount of sweet, and rather touching.
Reviewed by william d 4 / 10

I couldn't gin up any interest in the

I couldn't gin up any interest in the story or characters at all, and as much as I like Joan Fontaine the idea of her playing a teenage schoolgirl at age 26 is silly.
Reviewed by steve d 6 / 10

Fontaine is great but the story is nothing

Fontaine is great but the story is nothing special.
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