WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940)

A moving love story about a ballerina who turns to prostitution when she believes her lover was killed at war.

103 minutes (black and white)

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

Costumes: Adrian, Gile Steele

Music: Herbert Stothart

Opened: New York May 17, 1940; London, November 17, 1940.

Starring: Vivien Leigh (as Myra Lester), Robert Taylor (as Capt. Roy Cronin), Lucile Watson (Lady Margaret Cronin), Virginia Field (Kitty), C. Aubrey Smith (Duke), and Maria Ouspenskaya (Madame Olga)

Academy Award Nominations: Best (black and white) Cinematography, Best Original Score

January 17, 1940, Vivien Leigh wrote Leigh Holman:
I have to have ballet lessons for this film [Waterloo Bridge] and have asked to be between two strong girls who can prop me up! Robert Taylor is the man in the picture and as it was written for Larry, it's a typical piece of miscasting. I am afraid it will be a dreary job but I won't think about it, and just concentrate on Romeo and Juliet. ...
Vivien

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