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The daughter of a musical mentor is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband, a handsome composer.The daughter of a musical mentor is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband, a handsome composer.The daughter of a musical mentor is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband, a handsome composer.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.4K
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- Director
- Writers
- Kathryn Scola(screen play by)
- Margaret Kennedy(from the novel by)
- Basil Dean(from the novel by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Kathryn Scola(screen play by)
- Margaret Kennedy(from the novel by)
- Basil Dean(from the novel by)
- Stars
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Videos1
May Whitty
- Lady Longboroughas Lady Longborough
- (as Dame May Whitty)
Eduardo Ciannelli
- Robertoas Roberto
- (as Edward Ciannelli)
André Charlot
- Dr. Reneeas Dr. Renee
- (as Andre Charlot)
Richard Ryen
- Kiril Trigorinas Kiril Trigorin
- (as Richard Ryan)
- Director
- Writers
- Kathryn Scola(screen play by)
- Margaret Kennedy(from the novel by) (from the play by)
- Basil Dean(from the novel by) (from the play by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Fourteen-year-old Tessa is hopelessly in love with handsome composer Lewis Dodd, a family friend. Lewis adores Tessa, but has never shown any romantic feelings toward her. When Tessa's father dies, Lewis contacts her late mother's wealthy family so they'll take care of Tessa and her sisters. Lewis becomes taken with Tessa's haughty cousin Florence and the two soon marry and head off for Florence's estate in England. Meanwhile, Florence sends Tessa and her sister Paula off to finishing school. The girls run away from school and Tessa moves in with Florence and Louis. Florence soon becomes consumed with jealousy over the bond between her husband and Tessa. —Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
- Taglines
- HE LEARNED TOO LATE...that he preferred charming simplicity to sophisticated beauty! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Tower Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - Feb. 23, 1944)
- Genres
- Certificate
- Passed
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaJoan Fontaine got the lead role of Tessa by a lucky chance. One day, she was having lunch at Romanoff's in Hollywood, with her husband, actor Brian Aherne. The two had just flown in by airplane from their grape ranch in Indio, California, and Fontaine was in a leather flight suit with her hair done in pigtails. Director Edmund Goulding walked into the restaurant, and stopped by their table to say hello to his good friend Aherne. Goulding complained that he was having trouble casting a lead actress for his next movie, "The Constant Nymph." Although he had considered Joan Leslie, she was wrong for the part. And, Goulding explained, "Jack Warner wants a star in the lead, but she has to be consumptive, flat-chested, anemic, and fourteen!" "How about me?" said Fontaine. "Who are you?" asked Goulding, not recognizing the freckled girl in pigtails sitting next to him. "Joan Fontaine," said the actress. Goulding looked startled. "You're perfect!" Fontaine was signed for the part the next day, and later called it "the happiest motion-picture assignment of my career."
- Quotes
Florence Creighton: You flung yourself at my husband in this house and you succeeded!
Tessa Sanger: I can't help it if I love Lewis! I did long before you came to Switzerland and it's not a happy thing. It's brought nothing but sadness into my life, and yet it's so overwhelming I wouldn't want it to be different.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2001)
- SoundtracksTomorrow
(uncredited)
Words by Margaret Kennedy
by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sung by Joan Fontaine (dubbed by Sally Sweetland) with chamber group
Top review
Loved it!
Although I was only 13 years old the first time I saw this film, it moved me. That may be because I could relate to the Joan Fontaine character. Sometimes we fall in love with a movie for reasons we cannot recall. In any case, I have been searching for a copy (VHS or DVD)for years and find that it is no longer available. I am disappointed to learn that. My sister and I saw this movie together; we cried, it was so lovely. We have discussed it over the years and have both tried to remember certain scenes and some dialogue, but the background music was the most memorable. In fact, we both forgot that it was Charles Boyer who was in the film; we were mistaken in thinking it was Brian Aherne, and that may be one of the reasons we could not find it!
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- shampinet
- Jan 14, 2006
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- Language
- Also known as
- Jungfräuliche Liebe
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- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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