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THE CONSTANT NYMPH – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
The 1924 novel The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy was a popular sensation, which spawned a successful play by Basil Dean in 1926, and two movie incarnations; a 1928 silent film starring Ivor Novello and a 1933 talkie with Brian Aherne. Warner Brothers decided that they could offer a definitive film version and so bought the film rights from 20th Century Fox in 1940. The studio secured support from Kennedy to proceed and Henry Blanke and Hal B. Wallis were assigned production with a $1.1 million budget, Edmund Goulding was tasked with directing, and Kathryn Scola was hired to write the screenplay based on Basil Dean’s 1926 version. A superb cast was assembled, including; Joan Fontaine as Tessa Sanger, Charles Boyer as Lewis Dodd, and Alex Smith as Florence Creighton. Read more…
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