| Gaby | |
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Original film poster |
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| 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 |
Gaby is a 1956 drama film made by MGM. It is the third version of the play Waterloo Bridge, previously made into films in 1931 and 1940. It is the only version of the play made in color, and the least faithful to it. Not only the story but the names of the characters were also changed.
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 Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Taina Elg and Margalo Gillmore.
Gaby (Caron) is a ballet dancer in 1944 London who runs into corporal Gregory Wendell (Kerr) while rushing to catch the bus. Greg is mesmerized by Gaby and goes to the ballet to see her on stage, but Gaby wants nothing to do with Greg. He persists, however, and by the end of the day, she agrees to marry him. Before they can marry, however, 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.
This version, however, changed the ending even more drastically than the 1940 one, by allowing Gaby and Greg to reunite and live happily ever after.