Waterloo bridge

Starring Vivian Leigh and Robert Taylor, this is a tragic tale. An army officer marries a ballerina. When he is reported missing his family ignores her and she sinks into prostitution. A ‘weepie’ which has had mixed reviews over time, but still remains very popular.

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Credits

director

Mervyn LeRoy

producer

Sidney A. Franklin

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

01:44:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1940

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324477

Language

English

Subject categories

Drama

Drama → Melodrama

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prostitution

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Romance

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1367668

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United States, 1940

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