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The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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

Not Rated Drama Romance

Starring: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Katharine Alexander

Writer: Rudolph Besier, Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart

Release Date:
September 21, 1934
Ratings:
6.0 / 10
Director:
Sidney Franklin
Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.