The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph

1928 · 110 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Romance

Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in love with their cousin Florence when she comes to take the girls back to England. But little Tessa Sanger is in love with Lewis herself, and when she runs away from school and comes to live with Florence and her husband, their already-shaky marriage is further undermined

Directed by Adrian Brunel · Written by Dorothy Farnum

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Ivor Novello Lewis Dodd
Mabel Poulton Tessa Sanger
Frances Doble Florence Churchill
Mary Clare Linda Sanger
Georg Henrich Albert Sanger
Dorothy Boyd Pauline Sanger
Tony De Lungo Roberto
Benita Hume Antonia Sanger
Peter Evan Thomas Ike
Yvonne Thomas Kate Sanger
J.H. Roberts Dr. Churchill
Clifford Heatherley Sir Berkeley

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