Her first husband
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Her first husband |
| Original title | Waterloo Bridge |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mervyn LeRoy |
| script |
Robert Emmet Sherwood , Samuel Nathaniel Behrman , Hans Rameau , George Froeschel |
| production |
Sidney Franklin , Mervyn LeRoy |
| music | Herbert Stothart |
| camera | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| cut | George Boemler |
| occupation | |
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Her first husband , also known as Farewell to Waterloo Bridge (Original: Waterloo Bridge ), is an American drama directed by Mervyn LeRoy from 1940. It is a remake of the film of the same name from 1931 and, like this one, is based on the one at the time popular play The Waterloo bridge ( Waterloo bridge ) by Robert E. Sherwood .
action
Just before the start of World War II , British officer Roy Cronin returns to Waterloo Bridge in London . There he remembers the time of the First World War and the young ballet dancer Myra, whom he met before he moved to the front. After they got closer then and missed a performance because of him, she was expelled from her ballet group. From then on she lived on the streets of London and fell even deeper when she learned that Roy had died on the battlefield. But in reality, Roy was still alive. When he finds Myra after the war and he and his family learn of their past as a prostitute, she throws herself in desperation on the Waterloo Bridge in front of an ambulance and dies. Years later, Roy stands on the bridge and he realizes that he lost his great love there.
background
Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor played the main roles in this remake . It was Leigh's first film after her great success with Gone with the Wind ( Gone With the Wind , 1939).
The black and white film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer proved to be very successful at the box office and received two Oscar nominations in the categories of best film music and best camera .
Both Taylor and Leigh named Waterloo Bridge their favorite movie.
criticism
"Pseudo-tragic and mendacious, but carefully staged and impressively played."
literature
- Robert E. Sherwood : The Waterloo Bridge. A piece in four pictures (original title: Waterloo Bridge ). Edited for the German stage by Heinrich B. Kranz . [Not for sale stage manuscript.] O. Eirich, Vienna 1931, 76 pp.
Web links
- Her first husband in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Your first husband. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .