The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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(21 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

1934

Director:

Sidney Franklin

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Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Budget:

$820,000

Revenue:

$1,258,000

Cast:
Norma Shearer

Elizabeth Barrett

Fredric March

Robert Browning

Charles Laughton

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Maureen O'Sullivan

Henrietta Barrett

Katharine Alexander

Arabel Barrett

Crew:
Donald Ogden Stewart

Screenplay

Claudine West

Screenplay

Ernest Vajda

Screenplay

Rudolph Besier

Theatre Play

Sidney Franklin

Director