Waterloo Bridge: A play in two acts is a 1930 play by Robert E. Sherwood. It premiered on Broadway January 6, 1930 and ran until March 1930. It was the basis for three separate films: Waterloo Bridge (1931), Waterloo Bridge (1940), and Gaby (1956). It is based on the author's experiences during World War I.
Adaptations (3)
Waterloo Bridge has been adapted into 3 films, from 1931 to 1956. The most recent is Gaby (1956).
Waterloo Bridge1931 · film · 81 min · dir. James Whale · IMDb ↗IMDb7.4In 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.
Waterloo Bridge1940 · film · 108 min · dir. Mervyn LeRoy · IMDb ↗On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
Gaby1956 · film · 96 min · dir. Curtis Bernhardt · IMDb ↗IMDb6.0A French ballerina falls in love with an American paratrooper on a two day pass in London near the end of World War II.
