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The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Directed by Sidney Franklin

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.

Rated NR | Length 109 minutes

Actors

Norma Shearer | Fredric March | Charles Laughton | Maureen O'Sullivan | Katharine Alexander | Ralph Forbes | Ian Wolfe | Marion Clayton Anderson | Leo G. Carroll | Ferdinand Munier | Una O'Connor | Vernon Downing | Neville Clark | Matthew Smith | Robert Carleton | Allan Conrad | Peter Hobbes | Flush