The Constant Nymph

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Constant Nymph, 1943.

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces The Constant Nymph, 1943.

A composer (Charles Boyer) marries a rich woman rather than her young cousin (Joan Fontaine) who loves him in The Constant Nymph (1943).

Opening scene finds composer Lewis (Charles Boyer) coming unglued over London reviews of his latest work, his Brussels landlord (Marcel Dalio), landlady (Jeanine Crispin) and doctor (Andre Charlot) in the wake, opening The Constant Nymph, 1943, co-starring Joan Fontaine and Alexis Smith.

Swiss country teens Tessa (Joan Fontaine) and Paula (Joyce Reynolds) rush to greet sister Toni (Brenda Marshall), returned from travel with an older man, composer and family friend Lewis (Charles Boyer), with fourth sister Kate (Jean Muir), helping console her, in The Constant Nymph, 1943.

With servant Roberto (Edward Ciannelli), Swiss teen sisters Tessa (Joan Fontaine) and Paula (Joyce Reynolds) update friend Fritz (Peter Lorre), visiting after their father's death and the arrival of their English uncle (Charles Coburn), in The Constant Nymph, 1943, Edmund Goulding directing.

First scene for Joan Fontaine, unleashed as Swiss teen Tessa, telling sisters (Jean Muir as "Kate," Joyce Reynolds "Paula") of a family friend (Charles Boyer, not seen) arriving, grouchy stepmother (Joan Blair) not spoiling it, Edmund Goulding directing, The Constant Nymph, 1943.