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Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

19316.91h 21m

Overview

In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.

Directed by James Whale
Written by Tom Reed, Robert E. Sherwood, Benn W. Levy
Produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.
Box OfficeBudget: $251K0

Top Cast

Mae Clarke

Mae Clarke

Myra Deauville

Douglass Montgomery

Douglass Montgomery

Roy Cronin

Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Kitty

Frederick Kerr

Frederick Kerr

Major Fred Wetherby

Enid Bennett

Enid Bennett

Mary Cronin Wetherby

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Janet Cronin

Ethel Griffies

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Hobley

Rita Carlyle

Rita Carlyle

The Old Woman

R

Ruth Handforth

Augusta the Maid

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Soldier on the Make (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

marriage proposalprostituteworld war ibridgebased on play or musicalrentsoldiershowgirlpre-codelandladyair raid

About Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge is a drama, romance, war film released in 1931 exploring themes of marriage proposal, prostitute, world war i, bridge, based on play or musical, rent. Directed by James Whale, it stars Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd. In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.

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