- Gaby (film)
Infobox Film
name = Gaby
caption = Original film poster
director =Curtis Bernhardt
producer =Edwin H. Knopf
writer =Robert E. Sherwood (play)S. N. Behrman Paul H. Rameau George Froeschel Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Charles Lederer
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starring =Leslie Caron
music =Conrad Salinger
cinematography =Robert H. Planck
editing =John McSweeney Jr.
distributor =MGM
released =May 9 1956
runtime = 96 mins
country = flagicon|USAUnited States
language = English
budget =
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imdb_id = 0049247"Gaby" is a 1956
drama film made byMGM . It is the third version of "Waterloo Bridge", made in 1931 and 1940.This version was directed by
Curtis Bernhardt and produced byEdwin H. Knopf . Thescreenplay was byAlbert Hackett ,Frances Goodrich andCharles Lederer , based on the screenplay of "Waterloo Bridge " byS. N. Behrman , Paul H. Rameau and George Froeschel. All three versions were based on the play byRobert E. Sherwood .The film stars
Leslie Caron as Gaby and John Kerr withCedric Hardwicke ,Taina Elg andMargalo Gillmore .Plot
Gaby (Leslie Caron) is a ballet dancer in 1944 London who happens to bump into corporal Gregory Wendell (John Kerr) while rushing to catch the bus. Greg is mesmerized by Gaby and goes to the ballet to see her on stage, but Gaby is French and wants nothing to do with Greg. But he persists and by the end of the day, she agrees to marry him. But before they can marry, there is a mountain of red tape and Greg ships out while promising to marry Gaby on his return. When she hears that he has been killed, she makes herself available to anyone who wants her.
ee also
* "Waterloo Bridge" (1931)
* "Waterloo Bridge" (1940)External links
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