"WATERLOO BRIDGE."

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 41, 28 November 1941, Page 3

"WATERLOO BRIDGE."

VIVIEN LEIGH AND ROBERT TAYLOR IN SUCCESS. P There have been many great and memorable romances, brought to the screen but none more tender, more poignant nor more vividly true to life than “Waterloo Bridge.” This is a simple, human story of two young people deperately in love and caught in the merciless web of war when a lifetime often must be telescoped into twentyfour hours. Its stars are Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor, reunited for the first time since they appeared together three years ago in “A Yank at Oxford.” Miss Leigh is the most talked of actress on the screen to-day as the result of her Academy Award winning performance as Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind.” People naturally asked, “After Scarlett, wliat?” The answer is “Waterloo Bridge.” No two roles could be further apart than Scarlett and Myra, the heroine of “Waterloo Bridge-” They have only one thing in common* magnificent acting opportunities. The characterisation of Myra brings Miss Leigh a new sweetness and charm and the chance to display hidden facets of her fascinating personality. As the hero, Roy Cronin 1 , Taylor has been given the most mature and dynamically virile characterisation of his career. The transition from the young officer in love to the self-contain-ed man nearing l middle age gives him greater scope than ever before. It is a role ideally suited to Taylor and puts him back in uniform for the first time since his college role in “Journey’s End” brought him to the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent scouts.