Waterloo Bridge

Name: Waterloo Bridge
Director: James Whale
Released: 1931
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr, Enid Bennett

1931 · 81 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 3,307 VOTES · DIR. James Whale

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,097 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:41 Hey, you up there, drop that board over here.

00:06:12 I'd rather they throw bombs on me, than take no notice of me at all.

00:10:35 I can't hang around here wasting me time.

00:13:49 Thanks.

00:16:55 - What's your name? - Myra.

00:19:19 - Please, I didn't mean to be critical. - Oh, I know the place isn't the Ritz but...

00:22:02 Come back a minute, will you?

00:25:54 She's cute, isn't she?

00:32:08 - You a friend of Myra's too? - Well, yes, why we're the best.

00:34:28 And stony broke and face to face with starvation.

00:36:45 Yeah.

00:40:12 Not him. He waited to hear all the information I had to give him about you.

00:42:50 I was only in the place two or three weeks, but they...

00:45:11 She a well-known actress?

00:48:57 - Will you wait here for us, please? - Very good.

00:51:23 - Good morning, Roy. - Good morning, sir.

00:53:45 Some people can, and some people can't, what?

00:56:11 Oh, there's tea. Shall we go in?

01:00:53 Must have been a tough year for them.

01:03:17 Run along now and get ready.

01:08:14 Leave me alone. Get away. Go out of here. Leave me alone.

01:12:19 Myra?

01:14:48 ...and a soldier like you should have enough of suffering in this war...

01:18:59 Goodbye, Roy.

Cast & Characters

Mae Clarke Myra Douglass Montgomery Roy Cronin Doris Lloyd Kitty Frederick Kerr Major Wetherby Enid Bennett Mrs. Wetherby Bette Davis Janet Cronin Ethel Griffies Mrs. Hobley Rita Carlyle The Old Woman Ruth Handforth Augusta - the Maid Billy Bevan Soldier on the Make

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,097

Dialogue density13.5 lines / min

First line00:02:41

Final line01:18:59

Production Record

DirectorJames Whale

LanguageEnglish

Budget$251,289

IMDb votes3,307