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The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Movie"When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!"
Audience Score
59
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NR 1 hr 49 minSep 21st, 1934Drama, Romance
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.
StarringNorma ShearerFredric MarchCharles Laughton
DirectorSidney Franklin

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 21st, 1934
Movie Budget:$820,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$1,258,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Movie Tags:
biographybased on play or musicallondon, englandpre-codefamily relationshipsfather daughter relationshipchurchpoetabusive fatherfather daughter conflict