The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

109 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 21, 1934

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.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

109 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 21, 1934

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Directors Sidney Franklin
Writers Rudolph Besier, Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart

Cast

Norma Shearer

as Elizabeth Barrett

Fredric March

as Robert Browning

Charles Laughton

as Edward Moulton-Barrett

Maureen O'Sullivan

as Henrietta Barrett

Katharine Alexander

as Arabel Barrett

Ralph Forbes

as Captain Surtees Cook

Ian Wolfe

as Harry Bevan

Marion Clayton Anderson

as Bella Hedley

Leo G. Carroll

as Dr. Ford-Waterlow

Ferdinand Munier

as Dr. Chambers

Una O'Connor

as Wilson

Vernon Downing

as Octavius Barrett

Neville Clark

as Charles Barrett

Matthew Smith

as George Barrett

Robert Carleton

as Alfred Barrett

Allan Conrad

as Henry Barrett

Peter Hobbes

as Septimus Barrett

Flush

as Himself