Gaby (film)

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Gaby
Original film poster
Directed by	Curtis Bernhardt
Produced by	Edwin H. Knopf
Written by	Robert E. Sherwood (play) S. N. Behrman Paul H. Rameau George Froeschel Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Charles Lederer
Starring	Leslie Caron
Music by	Conrad Salinger
Cinematography	Robert H. Planck
Editing by	John McSweeney Jr.
Distributed by	MGM
Release date(s)	May 9, 1956
Running time	96 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
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Gaby is a 1956 drama film made by MGM. It is the third version of Waterloo Bridge, made in 1931 and 1940.

This version was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Edwin H. Knopf. The screenplay was by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Charles Lederer, based on the screenplay of Waterloo Bridge by S. N. Behrman, Paul H. Rameau and George Froeschel. All three versions were based on the play by Robert E. Sherwood.

The film stars Leslie Caron as Gaby and John Kerr with Cedric Hardwicke, Taina Elg and Margalo Gillmore.

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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.