Waterloo bridge is an ideal film to have released on dvd, its has all the ingredients of success thriving all over the title. Expensively produced, it successfully continues metrogoldwynmayers intensive hemanizing of robert taylor. Mae clarke had the best role of her career as the heroine of waterloo bridge, the first of three filmizations of robert l. With vivien leigh, robert taylor, lucile watson, virginia field. I am always looking for a vivien leigh film that has a worthy leading man and waterloo bridge is one of my favorites. The romance and chemistry between her and robert taylor is genuine, and just adds to the tragedy of the entire film, and then theres the final scene which i. This film reminds us that real love is worth everything we have to give and that real love is never lost, even when the romance is over. Given the omnipresence of the motion picture production code in 1940, the second film version of robert e. The text is a poem written by robert burns in 1788. Mervyn leroys 1940 remake of waterloo bridge, based on the play by robert e. Sherwood, this tragic wartime romance boasts a pair of exquisite performances from vivien leigh and robert taylor. Waterloo bridge 1940 official trailer vivien leigh movie youtube. During world war i, believing her fiance to be dead, a young ballerina loses her job and is forced to turn to prostitution. Aubrey smith waterloo bridge 1940 official trailer vivien leigh movie during world war i.
Sherwoods waterloo bridge would have to be laundered and softened to pass muster. This was both robert taylor s and vivien leighs favorite film. Danced to by vivien leigh and robert taylor and other couples. Gaby is a 1956 drama film with leslie caron and john kerr. Beautiful but heartbreaking, this makes excellent use of auld lang syne, and indeed. Robert taylor, one of mgms top stars, was cast as roy in waterloo bridge. Taylor began his career in films in 1934 when he signed with metrogoldwynmayer.
Waterloo bridge is a 1931 american precode drama film directed by james whale and starring mae clarke, kent douglass, doris lloyd, and bette davis. Taylors uncle reluctantly agrees to the upcoming marriage. Stahldirected melodrama is currently available on dvd via the criterion collection. Vivien leigh and robert taylor dance the romantic farewell waltz to auld lang syne, the old scottish folk song. Robert taylors cumbersome given name, spangler arlington brugh, can be blamed on his father, a nebraska doctor. I huvudrollerna ses vivien leigh och robert taylor. As a high schooler, taylor participated on the track team, won oratory awards, and played the cello his first love in the school. Waterloo bridge auld lang syne farewell waltz vivien.
If you doubt this and are in need of a reminder, then i cant recommend waterloo bridge highly enough. Aug 04, 2011 classic movie starring vivien leigh and robert taylor. Waterloo bridge is a 1940 remake of the 1931 american drama film also called waterloo. Waterloo bridge 1940 cast and crew at the onset of world war i, british officer roy cronin robert taylor and ballerina myra vivien leigh meet and fall in love.
In the original, made in 1931, the heroine is nothing more or less than a streetwalker, patrolling londons waterloo bridge during world war i in hopes of picking up the occasional soldier. Waterloo bridge 1940 passed 1h 48min drama, romance, war 17 may 1940 usa during world war i, believing her fiance to be dead, a young ballerina loses her job and is forced to turn to prostitution. Waterloo bridge ar en amerikansk dramafilm fran 1940 i regi av mervyn leroy. Sherwood, its supposedly based on his own personal experiences during wartime. Waterloo bridge 1940 vivien leigh, robert taylor youtube. Nov 14, 2006 from the film waterloo bridge robert taylor and vivien leigh. At beatrice high school, he was a standout track athlete, but also showed a talent for using his voice, winning several oratory awards. If i find them on ebay or any other site for resale, i will have them removed. A colonel robert taylor with whitening moustache and astrakhan collar, gets off on his way to waterloo station and france, and stands on the makeshift bridge with that novelists call a lengthening face. It is wwi and the world is a shambles, but in spite of the hardships, two people can still fall in love. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sherwood the film was remade in 1940 as waterloo bridge and as gaby in 1956. Waterloo bridge, one of the great romantic tragedies in film, actually originated as a broadway play in 1930. Classic movie starring vivien leigh and robert taylor.
Aubrey smith the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Waterloo bridge was a success at the box office and nominated for 2 academy awards best music for herbert stothart and best cinematography. Robert taylor, lucile watson, virginia field, maria ouspenskaya, c. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Waterloo bridge, 1940, is pllaying on tcm on february 14 usa a love story for valentines day waterloo bridge, 1940, is playing on turner classic movies on february 14 at 10. August 5, 1911 june 8, 1969 was an american film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time. The robert taylor tuesday evening has already begun. Rent waterloo bridge 1940 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Waterloo bridge stars robert taylor and vivien leigh. Waterloo bridge robert taylor vivien leigh new classic. But because she has missed rehearsals, myra is dismissed by her boss at the theatre. Robert taylor doesnt have any movies playing in theaters. Robert taylors favorite movie he starred in was 1940s waterloo bridge.
Danced to by vivien leigh and robert taylor and other couples contains sections of auld lang syne auld lang syne uncredited. In wwi london, kitty virginia field and myra vivien leigh performing swan lake, cant help noticing handsome captain cronin robert taylor, whom they met during an air raid, taking his seat, in mervyn leroys waterloo bridge, 1940 view the tcmdb entry for waterloo bridge 1940. They have a whirlwind courtship, get married, and then he leaves on assignment. With mae clarke, douglass montgomery, doris lloyd, frederick kerr. Waterloo bridge, with vivien leigh and robert taylor, opens at the capitol slightly honorable, with pat obrien and edward arnold, at loews state by bosley crowther. Waterloo bridge had been filmed once before, in 1931, by frankenstein 1931 director james whale at universal, with mae clarke giving the best performance of her career as myra. Waterloo bridge by mervyn leroy mervyn leroy, vivien. Myra vivien leigh and roy robert taylor feel the spark the moment they see each other and cant leave each other without knowing what it means. The littleseen in the last several decades magnificent obsession 1935, with irene dunne, was shown before that. Sherwood, stars robert taylor as scotsman roy conin, a middleaged officer in the british army who reflectson the eve of britains entry into world war iion lost love during the last great war. It was adapted to screen for the first time in 1931. Then, he was an army captain, she a member of a ballet troupe and school, their meeting during an air raid. From the film waterloo bridge robert taylor and vivien leigh.
After a chance meeting on the titular london bridge, leighs promising ballerina and taylors youngofficer fall hopelessly in love, planning to marry until he is called back to the front. After a chance meeting on the titular london bridge, leighs promising ballerina and taylor s youngofficer fall hopelessly in love, planning to marry until he is called back to the front. It would be remade as gaby 1956, starring leslie caron. Robert taylor is april 2010s star of the month on turner classic movies. At the start of wwii, general roy cronin, standing midspan of waterloo bridge in london as he is set to go off to war in france, recalls that exact place in a time during wwi when he met by chance the love of his life, myra lester. Robert taylor full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Waterloo bridge 1940 stream and watch online moviefone. Myra vivien leigh and roy robert taylor feel the spark the moment they see each other and cant leave each other without knowing what. Taylor s uncle reluctantly agrees to the upcoming marriage. Feb 29, 2020 on waterloo bridge, she meets roy robert taylor, a flyer in the royal air force. Nov 15, 2018 waterloo bridge is a poignant example of this truth. Douglass montgomery here credited as kent douglass. The film was a success at the box office and nominated for two academy awards.
During world war i, believing her fiance to be dead, a young ballerina loses her. Robert taylor list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Booted, trenchcoated and sporting a dark, hairline mustache the inspiration of director mervyn leroy, cinemactor taylor is a dashing officer. A movie that features the standard auld lang syne considering the constraints of the code, waterloo bridge is a clever second adaptation of its source material, and wonderfully elevated by vivien leighs performance, even if in a nowdated role. The film was made by metrogoldwynmayer, directed by mervyn leroy and produced by sidney franklin and mervyn leroy. In this film, robert taylor, a british officer from a wealthy family, falls in love with ballerina vivien leigh. Waterloo bridge is a 1940 remake of the 1931 american drama film also called waterloo bridge, adapted from the 1930 play waterloo bridge. A prostitutes selfloathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during world war i. Both remakes were made by metrogoldwynmayer, which bought the 1931. In wwi london, kitty virginia field and myra vivien leigh performing swan lake, cant help noticing handsome captain cronin robert taylor, whom they met during an air raid, taking his seat, in mervyn leroys waterloo bridge, 1940. There is also a rumored colourised version, oh please. Waterloo bridge 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Waterloo bridge1940 is a great movie with a top notch cast led by 26yearold vivien leigh and 28yearold robert taylorages at the time of filming januarymarch, 1940. Leigh and taylor were both in top form in this classic.
He was a musician and played the cello in the school orchestra. Waterloo bridge 1940 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. And it begins with myra vivien leigh, a young ballerina, who meets a highranking officer, roy cronin robert taylor on the infamous bridge waterloo, where they immediately fall in love. It was also considered a personal favourite by both vivien leigh and robert taylor. Camille 1937, in which he costars with greta garbo, is on right now. Born spangler arlington brugh, robert taylor began displaying a diversity of talents in his youth on the plains of nebraska. Released 1940, waterloo bridge stars vivien leigh, robert taylor, lucile watson, c. Waterloo bridge is truly one of the most romantic films ever made, even though the ending is hard to bear. Rent waterloo bridge 1940 starring vivien leigh and robert taylor on dvd and bluray. It is the third version of the play waterloo bridge, previously made into films in 1931 and 1940. But its the 1940 version starring vivien leigh as the tragic myra and robert taylor as the lovesick soldier which is the most. Waterloo bridge 1931 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
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