The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Donald Ogden StewartScreenplay
• Claudine WestScreenplay
• Ernest VajdaScreenplay
• Sidney FranklinDirector

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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