Waterloo Bridge (1931)

6.9/10 81 min Drama Romance War

Overview

In 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.

Cast

Mae Clarke

Myra Deauville

Douglass Montgomery

Roy Cronin

Doris Lloyd

Kitty

Frederick Kerr

Major Fred Wetherby

Enid Bennett

Mary Cronin Wetherby

Bette Davis

Janet Cronin

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Hobley

Rita Carlyle

The Old Woman

Billy Bevan

Soldier on the Make (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

Elegant Dowager (uncredited)

Louise Emmons

Passerby in Front of Theatre (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)

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