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The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

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

6.0/10 1h 49m Sep 21, 1934
Drama 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.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Original Language EN
Budget $820,000
Revenue $1,258,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
Elizabeth Barrett
Popularity: 1.2
Fredric March
Fredric March
Robert Browning
Popularity: 1.4
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Edward Moulton-Barrett
Popularity: 1.7
Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Henrietta Barrett
Popularity: 3.1
Katharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander
Arabel Barrett
Popularity: 0.4
Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes
Captain Surtees Cook
Popularity: 2.1
Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe
Harry Bevan
Popularity: 1.4
Marion Clayton Anderson
Marion Clayton Anderson
Bella Hedley
Popularity: 0.1
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll
Dr. Ford-Waterlow
Popularity: 3.1
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Ferdinand Munier
Dr. Chambers
Popularity: 0.5
Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor
Wilson
Popularity: 1.0
Vernon Downing
Vernon Downing
Octavius Barrett
Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Screenplay Donald Ogden Stewart, Claudine West, Ernest Vajda
Director Sidney Franklin
Music Herbert Stothart
Editor Margaret Booth
Producer Irving Thalberg

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US

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Keywords

london, england abusive father poet biography based on play or musical family relationships church free will overbearing father pre-code self confidence father daughter conflict overprotective father domineering father literary figure loss of legs father daughter relationship hopelessly in love cruel father

Reviews from TMDB

Keiferschultz
Aug 1, 2024

I'm sorry, but the scenes with Norma Shearer and Fredric March simply fall flat. Shearer's "fey" acting style is contemptible at the best of times, but her overacting in every single scene simply destroys the fabric of this otherwise well written melodrama. Who saves the day? Charles Laughton of ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10
Jul 4, 2025

I thought that there was something almost claustrophobic about this film as we are introduced to a well-off family who live in a grand villa in London’s west end. There are nine siblings, all well into adulthood, and all under the thumb of their oppressive windowed father (Charles Laughton). His r ... Read more

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Details
Release Date September 21, 1934
Runtime 1h 49m
Budget $820,000
Revenue $1,258,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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