Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Mervyn LeRoy
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Plot Summary
Academy Award winner Vivien Leigh stars as a ballet dancer who finds her greatest happiness and deepest sorrow, her life and her death on London's Waterloo Bridge. Returning from the front during World War II, Captain Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor) remembers the woman he loved. Myra Lester (Leigh--Gone With the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire), a corps de ballet dancer stole the heart of the wealthy officer, and the two planned to marry. But when Myra misses a performance to say good-bye to Roy as he goes away to fight, she loses her job with the ballet. And then hearing that Roy has been killed in battle, Myra is left penniless and alone--and descends into a life depending on the kindness of gentlemen who frequent the bridge, a dependency that takes her self-respect and, ultimately, her life in this heart-wrenching romance.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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80%- Reviews Counted: 5
- Fresh: 4
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 6.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Let there be no doubt about it. Vivien Leigh is as fine an actress as we have on the screen today. Maybe even the finest, and that's a lot to say.
