

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 · Movie · 1h 49m · NR
DramaRomance
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Key crew
- Sidney FranklinDirector
- Ernest VajdaScreenplay
- Claudine WestScreenplay
- Donald Ogden StewartScreenplay
Cast
- Norma ShearerElizabeth Barrett
- Fredric MarchRobert Browning
- Charles LaughtonEdward Moulton-Barrett
- Maureen O'SullivanHenrietta Barrett
- Katharine AlexanderArabel Barrett
- Ralph ForbesCaptain Surtees Cook
- Ian WolfeHarry Bevan
- Marion Clayton AndersonBella Hedley
- Leo G. CarrollDr. Ford-Waterlow
- Ferdinand MunierDr. Chambers
- Una O'ConnorWilson
- Vernon DowningOctavius Barrett
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Themes
london, englandabusive fatherpoetbiographybased on play or musicalfamily relationshipschurchfree willoverbearing fatherpre-codeself confidencefather daughter conflict























