A superbly crafted MGM tearjerker with a lot of emotive, sensitive and tragic scenes. In London during WWI, Captain Roy Cronin , Robert Taylor , is a miltary officer from high upper family , while walking on the foggy Waterloo Bridge he meets by accident a dancer girl called Myra , Vivien Leigh. Both of them fall in love and a bit later on , they promise to get married. But after that , and before their relationship had a chance to flower, he was called away to the front, as he is listed as dead in WWI and she then suffers a deep despair.
A dramatic and sensitive film with emotion , tragedy and an extremely romantic love story. Being well based on a famous play written by Robert E Sherwood, previously adapted in 1931 by James Whale that was more explicit than this one about the heroine's plight. The interesting script has some surprising twists and tragic results . Vivien Leigh gives a wonderful acting as Myra , a good Ballet dancer who when her romance resumes , she struggles to conceal a dark and shameful secret that turned her into bad life. This is his first film since Gone with the wind, and here she is fresh, briliant, poignant and needy . While the attractive and handsome Robert Taylor is pretty good as a soldier from an aristocracy family to live a tragic romance along with a charming Ballerina . They are well accompanied by a good support cast , such as Lucille Watson as the old mother , the veteran and always sympathetic C Aubrey Smith as his uncle , Virginia Field as her friend and chorus-mate and María Ouspenskaya as a stiff governess.
It contains a moving and evocative musical score by Herbert Stothart . As well as atmospheric and adequate cinematography in Black and White by Joseph Ruttenberg. The motion picture was well directed by Mervyn LeRoy . Mervyn was a great Hollywood director who usually worked for Metro Goldwyn Mayer , and he made various Blockbusters and classic movies. As he directed important films as Little Caesar, Five star final, I am a fugitive from a chain gang, Gold diggers 1933, Tugboat Annie, Page Miss Glory, Anthony Adverse, Escape, They won't forget, Blossoms in the dust, Random harvest, Johnny Eager, Madame Curie, Mister Roberts, Without reservations, The bad seed, Toward the unknown, The devil at 4 o'clock. Being his two greatest classic and successful films : The Little Women and Quo Vadis. Rating 7/10. Better than average .
A dramatic and sensitive film with emotion , tragedy and an extremely romantic love story. Being well based on a famous play written by Robert E Sherwood, previously adapted in 1931 by James Whale that was more explicit than this one about the heroine's plight. The interesting script has some surprising twists and tragic results . Vivien Leigh gives a wonderful acting as Myra , a good Ballet dancer who when her romance resumes , she struggles to conceal a dark and shameful secret that turned her into bad life. This is his first film since Gone with the wind, and here she is fresh, briliant, poignant and needy . While the attractive and handsome Robert Taylor is pretty good as a soldier from an aristocracy family to live a tragic romance along with a charming Ballerina . They are well accompanied by a good support cast , such as Lucille Watson as the old mother , the veteran and always sympathetic C Aubrey Smith as his uncle , Virginia Field as her friend and chorus-mate and María Ouspenskaya as a stiff governess.
It contains a moving and evocative musical score by Herbert Stothart . As well as atmospheric and adequate cinematography in Black and White by Joseph Ruttenberg. The motion picture was well directed by Mervyn LeRoy . Mervyn was a great Hollywood director who usually worked for Metro Goldwyn Mayer , and he made various Blockbusters and classic movies. As he directed important films as Little Caesar, Five star final, I am a fugitive from a chain gang, Gold diggers 1933, Tugboat Annie, Page Miss Glory, Anthony Adverse, Escape, They won't forget, Blossoms in the dust, Random harvest, Johnny Eager, Madame Curie, Mister Roberts, Without reservations, The bad seed, Toward the unknown, The devil at 4 o'clock. Being his two greatest classic and successful films : The Little Women and Quo Vadis. Rating 7/10. Better than average .