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This is the first of three film versions of Margaret Kennedy's 1924 novel The Constant Nymph. Mabel Poulton plays the title character, an impressionable young girl named Tessa, who falls in love with brilliant but impoverished composer Lewis Dodd (Ivor Novello). Dodd, however, barely acknowledges Tessa's existence, preferring instead the company of the older, prettier and wealthier Paulina (Dorothy Boyd). Only when it is nearly too late does Dodd realize how much he loves Tessa and how the girl has influenced his finest musical work. The first directorial effort of Basil Dean, The Constant Nymph was adapted for the screen by Alma Reville, the wife of Alfred Hitchcock.