Waterloo Bridge is a 1940 remake of the 1931 film of the same title, adapted from the 1930 play of the same title. The film was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sidney Franklin and Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay is by S. N. Behrman, Hans Rameau and George Froeschel, based on the Broadway drama by Robert E. Sherwood. The music is by Herbert Stothart and cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. The film stars Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh, her first film after the success of Gone with the Wind. MGM bought the 1931 version from Universal when they did this remake.... Waterloo Bridge tells the story of a dancer and an officer who meet in a chance encounter on Waterloo Bridge. This initial encounter occurs during an air raid in World War I. But because of the Hays Code, which had not been in effect when the 1931 film version was made, the plot of the 1940 version had to be changed and somewhat sanitized. In the original play and film, Myra is an ordinary chorus girl of easy virtue, and Roy is too naive to realize this until near the end.
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| Release date: | May 17, 1940 |
| Directed by: | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Sidney Franklin |
| Cinematography: | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Screenplay by: | Hans Rameau, S. N. Behrman, George Froeschel |
| Estimated budget: | $1,164,000 |
| Adapted from: | Waterloo Bridge |