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Waterloo Bridge
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Waterloo Bridge (1931) is an early pre-code drama directed by James Whale.London, 1917: chorus-girl turned prostitute, Myra Deauville (Mae Clarke) is meeting potential clients on the titular bridge. One night she meets kindhearted Roy Cronin (Douglass Montgomery), who’s a young and naïve soldier looking for company. He falls in love with her unaware of what she does for a living. Myra is reluctant about this relationship; her situation as a prostitute is a shameful necessity, and she doesn't want Roy to find out about it especially when he wants his family to meet her. Eventually, he tricks her to going out in the country to visit his parents, and she spills her secret to his mother. Instead of being repulsed, Mary Cronin is compassionate and understanding. Unable to cope, Myra runs away and tries to forget Roy.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The film is based on the play of the same name written by Robert E. Sherwood. The producer, Carl Laemmle, was so impressed with how James Whale worked under budget, he gave him more work. Whale’s next feature was Universal's beloved monster flick, Frankenstein. Also, Waterloo Bridge includes an early-bird appearance of Bette Davis as Roy’s sister, Janet Cronin.Waterloo Bridge was remade in 1940 with Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor, as Myra and Roy respectively, and again in 1956 as Gaby, with Leslie Caron and John Kerr as the leads (now named Gaby and Gregory). The 1940 version doesn't involve prostitution due to censorship, and it adds major changes to the story. In the same vein, Gaby eschews the Downer Ending for a more palatable resolution. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: To Myra, London during the war. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
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Hidden Depths: The Cronin family, especially Roy’s mother, Mary. She comes from high society and willingly admits that she doesn’t like the idea of Roy marrying Myra. However, she still treats Myra with all the respect she deserves even when she finds out that Myra is a prostitute. | |
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Deceased Parents Are the Best | |
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Deceased Parents Are the Best: Myra’s parents are dead, and she prefers it that way. | |
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Don't You Dare Pity Me! | |
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Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Roy offers Myra money to cover her rent, but she becomes furious at his suggestion that she can’t take care of herself. | |
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Pretty in Mink | |
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Pretty in Mink: An admirer of Myra gave her a fox fur, and it’s the only expensive thing she has. When Myra is killed, we only see her fox fur and purse thrown to the ground. Not so pretty. | |
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Call to Adventure | |
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Call to Adventure: Why Roy joined the army: | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: The air raid ravages on once Roy leaves. Right after Myra agrees to marry Roy when he comes back, an explosion goes off near where Myra was walking, and she dies. | |
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Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario | |
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Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: Myra runs out of Roy’s family house Then she promises to marry Roy when he finds her, but she runs away once again. He finds her right before he goes back to the front, and finally, marry him when he returns. | |
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The Remake | |
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The Remake: So nice they remade it twice! | |
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold | |
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold: And how! Myra is so ashamed of her situation that she won’t dare tell Roy about it. | |
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Only in It for the Money | |
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Only in It for the Money: Myra’s friend, Kitty, suggests that Myra should marry Roy to get his service pay. Averted with Myra since she doesn’t want to use him. | |
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Meet Cute | |
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Meet Cute: Roy and Myra meet during an air raid helping an old lady pick up the potatoes she dropped. | |
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Not So Stoic | |
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Not So Stoic: Myra keeps a stoic facade in her dire situation as a prostitute. But she completely loses this facade when Roy proposes marriage and invites her to meet his family. She's so ashamed of her situation and fears Roy finding out this secret that she tries her best to get rid of him and has mini meltdown. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Myra, at times. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
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Abusive Parents: Myra reveals to Roy that her parents were drunkards, and she ran away to London because she feared what they might do to her. | |
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Broken Bird | |
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Broken Bird: Myra’s turned cynical to cope with her poverty. | |
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Big "SHUT UP!" | |
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Big "SHUT UP!": Roy does this when Mrs. Hobely bad-mouths Myra for being what she can’t help. | |
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Cry into Chest | |
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Cry into Chest: After Myra's mini-meltdown, she cries into Roy's chest. | |
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Historical In-Joke | |
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Historical In-Joke: The Cronin family laughs about the new idea Americans’ are pushing: prohibition. They think that it’s silly, and it’ll never happen. | |
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Old Money | |
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Old Money: Roy’s family is very rich. | |
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Cranky Landlord | |
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Cranky Landlord: Mrs. Hobley is always angry at Myra for owing back rent. She thought Roy was one of Myra’s clients and was annoyed when she thought he would pay up but didn’t. She eventually spills the beans about Myra being a prostitute to Roy. | |
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Don't You Dare Pity Me! / int_a276ccb8 | |
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