The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

  • NR
  • 09/14/1934 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 49m

When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!

Overview

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

Donald Ogden Stewart

Screenplay

Claudine West

Screenplay

Ernest Vajda

Screenplay

Sidney Franklin

Director

Cast

Norma Shearer's headshot

Norma Shearer

Elizabeth Barrett
Fredric March's headshot

Fredric March

Robert Browning
Charles Laughton's headshot

Charles Laughton

Edward Moulton-Barrett
Maureen O'Sullivan's headshot

Maureen O'Sullivan

Henrietta Barrett
Katharine Alexander's headshot

Katharine Alexander

Arabel Barrett
Ralph Forbes's headshot

Ralph Forbes

Captain Surtees Cook
Ian Wolfe's headshot

Ian Wolfe

Harry Bevan
Marion Clayton Anderson's headshot

Marion Clayton Anderson

Bella Hedley

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