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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790746326
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 0790746328
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: January 11, 2000
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 18105
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 17, 1940
Editorial Review:
Description:
Vivian Leigh stars as a ballerina in war-torn England who turns to prostitution when she believes her fiance has died in the war in this drama based on Robert E. Sherwood's acclaimed play. Robert Taylor co-stars. Year: 1940 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria Ouspenskaya
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Pitch perfect romantic tearjerker
This remake of the 1931 filmed version of Robert Sherwood's play about the doomed romance of a WWI military officer and a streetwalker, is a classic tragic romance that sanitizes the original, but is distinguished by lovely performances and exquisite black and white cinematography. It is really a pitch perfect tearjerker for the period.
Vivien Leigh is heartbreaking as ballerina turned prostitute Myra, and if possible, even more beautiful than she was in Gone With The Wind. Her acting ... Read More
Rating: - DVD due out in late January 2009
The original Waterloo Bridge starred Mae Clarke and was considered a pre-code, with more stark portrayal and language about the heroine's fate. Although this 1940 version was under the heavy hand of the censors, I still like it just as much as the original version. Basically we have a young woman who believes the man she loves is dead and has no way to survive but the world's oldest profession. It's not a fate she chooses, just one that she has to choose in order to eat. Yet society judges her although ... Read More
Rating: - Emotionally Devestating
They met on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. It is WWI and the world is a shambles, but in spite of the hardships, two people can still fall in love. Myra (Vivien Leigh) and Roy (Robert Taylor) feel the spark the moment they see each other and can't leave each other without knowing what it means. Myra is a dancer, a ballerina. Her teacher is very strict about men, but Myra takes the risk and has dinner with Roy anyway. And the next day she spends all of her time with him; he asks her to marry him. Unfortunately, ... Read More
Rating: - Just an excellent movie.
We like world war 11 and love storys. This is one of the best. My husband and I both love it.
Rating:  - Taylor and Leigh at their best...all-time great tear-jerker...
Robert Taylor's favorite movie is also rumored to be one of Vivien's favorites--although at the time she was sorry that Laurence Olivier failed to get Taylor's role. (She was always seeking him as her screen partner!) But Taylor delivers the goods--great charm, presence and obviously respecting the choice assignment. As a matter of fact, he claimed afterwards that Roy was his favorite screen role.
Vivien Leigh as Myra is a revelation--here she is fresh from Scarlett O'Hara and able to inhabit another character's ... Read More
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