During World War I, believing her fiance to be dead, a young ballerina loses her job and is forced to turn to prostitution. From there, things only get worse for her in this tragic, heart-wrenching, love story.
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| Vivien Leigh | ... | Myra | |
| Robert Taylor | ... | Roy Cronin | |
| Lucile Watson | ... | Lady Margaret Cronin | |
| Virginia Field | ... | Kitty | |
| Maria Ouspenskaya | ... | Madame Olga Kirowa | |
| C. Aubrey Smith | ... | The Duke | |
| Janet Shaw | ... | Maureen | |
| Janet Waldo | ... | Elsa | |
| Steffi Duna | ... | Lydia | |
| Virginia Carroll | ... | Sylvia | |
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Leda Nicova | ... | Marie |
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Florence Baker | ... | Beatrice |
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Margery Manning | ... | Mary |
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Frances MacInerney | ... | Violet |
| Eleanor Stewart | ... | Grace | |
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On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps de ballet. She survives on the streets of London, falling even lower after she hears her true love has been killed in action. But he wasn't killed. Those terrible years were nothing more than a bad dream is Myra's hope after Roy finds her and takes her to his family's country estate. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
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Her First Picture Since "Gone With The Wind" See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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17 May 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El puente de Waterloo See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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Music by Robert Burns
Lyrics by Charles Hot
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Ethel Griffies played (uncredited) the Landlady in BOTH Waterloo Bridge (1931) & Waterloo Bridge (1940). She was Mrs. Hobley in the earlier version and Mrs. Clark in the later version. See more »Goofs
At the beginning of the movie, Roy asks his driver to let him off when they reach Waterloo Bridge so that he can walk across, and have the driver pick him up at the other end. The film proper is a flashback that takes place during his stroll. But in the final shot, when they should be driving away from the bridge, we see them starting to drive across it. See more »Alternate Versions
Also shown in computer colorized version. See more »Soundtracks
Valcikna Rozloucenou(uncredited)
Music by Robert Burns
Lyrics by Charles Hot
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This film is rare in many ways. First off everyone in America was waiting to see what was going to be Vivien Leigh's first movie after her great performance in "Gone with the Wind". And this was it. This film turned out to be her only "North American"(Hollywood type),non costume drama,non southern accent (Scarlett O'Hara/Blanche DuBois)type movie post "GWTW" while she was still in her twenties."That Hamilton Woman" (1941)was a "British" production. Factor in the fact that when asked later in life which one of her films was her personal favorite, what was her reply? Not "GWTW",not "A Streetcar Named Desire",but "Waterloo Bridge"(it was also "Robert Taylors" personal favorite).This movie gives you a little taste of what might have been if she made more "Hollywood" type movies while still in her twenties. Possibly paired up with some of Hollywood's greatest leading men "Humphrey Bogart","Cary Grant",who knows?Will never know.Highly recommended! Find it!