Starring: Vivien Leigh (as Myra), Robert Taylor (as Roy), Lucile Watson (Lady Margaret Cronin), Virginia Field (Kitty)
Director: Mervyn Le Roy
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Screenplay: SN Behrman, Hans Rameau, George Froeschel
Based on the play by: Robert E. Sherwood
Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Photos by: Laszlo Willinger
Costumes: Adrian, Gile Steele
Music: Herbert Stothart
Released: Opened in New York May 17, 1940; London, November 17, 1940.
Running Time: 103 minutes (black and white)
Notes: This 1940 film was the second time Sherwood's play was made into a film. The first verison was done in 1931. In 1956, it was made into a film for a third time (called Gaby and starred John Kerr and Leslie Caron). Waterloo Bridge was Robert Taylor's favorite film he ever made- and he made over 70 films during his career.
Synopsis: A moving love story about a ballerina who turns to prostitution when she believes her lover was killed at war.
Academy Award Nominations: Best (black and white) Cinematography, Best Original Score
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