"THE CONSTANT NYMPH."

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19624, 21 May 1929, Page 14

"THE CONSTANT NYMPH."

AN UNUSUAL THRME. AT LIBERTY THEATRE. Tk*T* ia an unnaaal theme in "The Conslant Nymph," whieh tells vt the part that plays in an English household. Tfc* nletnre waa presented at' the Liberty VhMlt* last evening, when it was particularly well received by a large audience. The novel of the same una attracted saiirh attention, and it loses oone'of its atmoa•bere in lu tranapoaition to the screen. The tbeme U a daring one, which . has been *J»>«rly treated. The part of Teaaa is most «Mll€iitljpl«ij*d-by Mabel Foulton, and that »f Lewi* Dodd, the young corapoter, k» I»*r Soveilo. Tho picture opflis. '*ith i>»4d -jownieying to tti« Austrian Tyrol to •iaii bin friend Sanger, the great British tctßr-otcr, ivbo ia sptnrfing hlo I*Et dk'yn in Ilia mountain homo with his .family. ' These »»cpte aro living- a. primitivß life, the three dsiishters growing.practically to womanhood uneducated, but fill! of the spirit of their keiored mounUioa. The young m'tin is rec«ir«l as on* of tha family, and the reunion ;» a happy one. But in the midst of the happinws the old*, master, who has been

labouring or his dn«l composition, .suddenly I coUapaoa and d!e». Penniless, their only relative,, a rich uncle whom they have never. •*»», in England, the family turns to Dodd (or uiiiUii-r. He immediately writes to lit* uncle, who, with hie daughter, Florence, itwidM to vj tit hit nieces. When he sees

hi* jmtng he decides to send them l* » **nTeat. This is ah unhappy solution a» far ts the children are concerned, ■ and Xbty decide to marry. How ever, their »lM» Miscarry, for Bodd, with whom one •f lh« daughters is in love, announces his •ag»fm»nt to Florence. The family is re-■ae-ed to England, where the ohildren are •«at to a private school. Florence has mapped •at a career for her husband, but after MT«r*J months of work that temperamental T.>ung man tiros of his surroundings and. !•*•> for the freedom of the mountains and the companionship of Tessa. Then comes tht night of Dodd** flyit concert in London. MoMitwhltr. two of the nieces hare run away free* school and have been living in the Tlodil household. Prior to the pert'ormanco FUnttn accuses Tessa of being her hush***t"e miatrei*. Determined to return to fcwr «ld home, Tessa leaves, and Dodd decidee to accompany her. Immediately after the concert they leave for France. There is a dramatic climax, and one which could • as* feasibly nid such a picture. Ttomsnce, *»«twt. and pathos hare been cleverly inter*o»en to provide an excellent production. Tho second attraction is "The Girl on the Haifa," a gripping snd most remarkable pro<neli»n, featuring Sally O'Neil, Jean Hersholt, #»4 Malcolm MseGregor. It iB the story *>f • motherleks family who are compelled to tlva with an ettremely atrict father on a haifa, which in plying on the Hudson river. ft Is a most realistic picture, in which the •torsi scenes are vividly produced. The part T«t»jrtd by a young woman. who»e father con- • ■<!•« it a sin to love, snd that of a young inn in rcsruipg tbr barge when it breaks *-o>n its moorinx-t during a storm, provide T*»f }<tti«.,-al portion of the programme was si rnv.-tajnici-ni. in itself, the Conoert Ort* "t- - ( und*- ihc baton of Mr Ernest Jamiea i'i. ■' in? several classical favour! tea such -i> *■>>"■> ■"* <;\ninhonv" (Schumann), "Grand To" iSchuK-rO -Slave Dance" (Dvorak). -Tc*i«*j of Uubenstein" (Gold) and Henuet (Paderearski).