The Barretts of Wimpole Street
movie
When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!
Released September 21, 1934
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.
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
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Ferdinand Munier
as
Dr. Chambers
Una O'Connor
as
Wilson
Vernon Downing
as
Octavius Barrett
Crew
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Rudolph Besier
as
Theatre Play
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Claudine West
as
Screenplay
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Ernest Vajda
as
Screenplay
Donald Ogden Stewart
as
Screenplay
Sidney Franklin
as
Director
Margaret Booth
as
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
as
Art Direction
Adrian
as
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
as
Sound Director
Herbert Stothart
as
Music
William H. Daniels
as
Director of Photography
Irving Thalberg
as
Producer