War is declared against the Nazis. Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor) is an older soldier off to war. He's on Waterloo Bridge recalling the first world war when he first met ballerina Myra Lester (Vivien Leigh) on the same bridge during an air raid.
The first bothersome plot point is Myra's original rejection due to her 'dancing'. I get the classism in England but rejecting her due to her ballet dancing is too much. Granted, Vivien Leigh is a horrible dancer but that's not the point. It's very odd that a ballerina is treated like a stripper. Well, she was originally a chorus girl which is akin to a stripper. There is a difference between a ballerina and a chorus girl back then. Right? Then there is the big shocking thing that she did which is left unsaid. It is left unsaid over and over and over again. At first, it's annoying that the characters refuse to say it. Then it becomes low-key silly. Finally, it's spoof-worthy ridicule. All of this is done in the name of the morality code. It gets very distracting. Also I don't much care for the flashback structure. I would just tell it straight. At least, they don't try to fix the ending.
The first bothersome plot point is Myra's original rejection due to her 'dancing'. I get the classism in England but rejecting her due to her ballet dancing is too much. Granted, Vivien Leigh is a horrible dancer but that's not the point. It's very odd that a ballerina is treated like a stripper. Well, she was originally a chorus girl which is akin to a stripper. There is a difference between a ballerina and a chorus girl back then. Right? Then there is the big shocking thing that she did which is left unsaid. It is left unsaid over and over and over again. At first, it's annoying that the characters refuse to say it. Then it becomes low-key silly. Finally, it's spoof-worthy ridicule. All of this is done in the name of the morality code. It gets very distracting. Also I don't much care for the flashback structure. I would just tell it straight. At least, they don't try to fix the ending.