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A bad night of sleep aside, I've come across The Constant Nymph (1933), with Brian Aherne. An obscure film, difficult to find, especially compared to its predecessor and sucessor (the 1920s film has Ivor Novello, the 1940s film has, iirc Charles Boyer).
I'm completely unfamiliar with the source material btw.
It says a lot about a film when the only character that doesn't get on one's nerves is a stereotype. Lewis (Aherne) makes me want to pull my hair out. Obnoxious, being creepy towards our other main character Tessa (she's cool with it though, they are soulmates after all). Tessa and the middle (?) sister are as if Lydia and Kitty from P&P we're bad characters.
Okay, the older sister and her husband were fine. The husband was played by Kurt Anders als die Andern (that being Fritz Schulz). Completely unexpected. Seeing him with a silly moustache, speaking heavily accented English, gliding along the seat like a cartoon character, was quite nice.
There were moments in which the editors wanted to have some fun. Double (triple) exposure, creative cutting, but overall it looks too conventional for its own good.
Not a fan.
I'm completely unfamiliar with the source material btw.
It says a lot about a film when the only character that doesn't get on one's nerves is a stereotype. Lewis (Aherne) makes me want to pull my hair out. Obnoxious, being creepy towards our other main character Tessa (she's cool with it though, they are soulmates after all). Tessa and the middle (?) sister are as if Lydia and Kitty from P&P we're bad characters.
Okay, the older sister and her husband were fine. The husband was played by Kurt Anders als die Andern (that being Fritz Schulz). Completely unexpected. Seeing him with a silly moustache, speaking heavily accented English, gliding along the seat like a cartoon character, was quite nice.
There were moments in which the editors wanted to have some fun. Double (triple) exposure, creative cutting, but overall it looks too conventional for its own good.
Not a fan.
