The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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

6.0(21 votes)
1934
1h 49m
Drama
Romance

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.

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Elizabeth Barrett

Fredric March

Fredric March

Robert Browning

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan

Henrietta Barrett

Katharine Alexander

Katharine Alexander

Arabel Barrett

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes

Captain Surtees Cook

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Harry Bevan

Marion Clayton Anderson

Marion Clayton Anderson

Bella Hedley

Leo G. Carroll

Leo G. Carroll

Dr. Ford-Waterlow

Ferdinand Munier

Ferdinand Munier

Dr. Chambers

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