Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Waterloo Bridge [videorecording] / a Mervyn Le Roy production ; a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; screenplay by S.N. Behrman, Hans Rameau and George Froeschel ; produced by Sidney Franklin ; directed by Mervyn Le Roy.

Edition:

Standard version.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2009.

Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

On the eve of World War II, Roy, a British officer, revisits Waterloo Bridge where he and Myra met and fell in love during an air raid at the beginning of World War I. Heartbroken after Roy was reportedly killed in action, Myra turned to prostitution to make her way. The report, however, was false, and when Roy returns from a POW camp, Myra's shattered spirit may no longer hold any room for happiness.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Man-woman relationships -- England -- London -- Drama.

Prostitution -- England -- London -- Drama.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.

Flashbacks -- Drama.

Romance films.

War films.

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.