The Barretts of Wimpole Street

September. 21,1934      NR
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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