GRAND AND LYRIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 626, 1 April 1929, Page 15

GRAND AND LYRIC

“THE -CONSTANT NYMPH” The screen version of “Tlie Constant Nymph,” now at both the Grand ; and Lyric Theatres, is a British pic- * ture that grips throughout. Ivor , Novello gives the best performance of t his screen career, and Mabel Boulton ; —eight years ago a junior typist—a ! superb portrayal as the wild, tempestuous “Tessa,” uncommonly sincere and effective. The story tells of Tessa, a brilliant daughter of George Sanger, an erratic musical genius, who is enamoured of Lewis Dodd, a young and clever musician many years her senior. Lewis does not realise this until he has impulsively married Florence. After her marriage, Florence is vaguely jealous of Tessa, and Lewis, chafing against the restrictions of married life, gradually begins to realise that he loves Tessa, who is the only person who understands him. He announces his intention of going abroad after conducting his own symphony at a concert. Florence quarrels with him and also with Tessa, whom she now suspects. After the concert. Lewis and Tessa leave together for Brussels, where the frail child almost immediately dies. The second attraction at both theatres is “Tommy Atkins,” a story of England and the Sudan, and of a man’s redemption, starring Lillian Hall-Da vis, Waiter Butler, and Sliayle Gardner.

Several additions to the cast of “Broadway.” the famous Jed Harris stage play being brought to the screen by Universal under the direction of Paul Fejos, aro announced. These include Robert Ellis, George Ovey, Betty Francisco. Fritz Held and George Davis. Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent and Myrna Kennedy play the three principal roles.