The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Released: 1934-09-21 Duration: 1hr 49min
Genres: Drama Romance
Rating 6.0
When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!

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.

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget $820,000.00
Revenue $1,258,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 2.148

Directed By

Sidney Franklin

Crew

Director
Sidney Franklin
Theatre Play
Rudolph Besier
Screenplay
Ernest Vajda
Screenplay
Claudine West
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Costume Design
Adrian
Sound Director
Douglas Shearer
Director of Photography
William H. Daniels
Producer
Irving Thalberg
Camera Operator
A. Lindsley Lane

TOP CAST

Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer

Elizabeth Barrett

Fredric March
Fredric March

Robert Browning

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan

Henrietta Barrett

Katharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander

Arabel Barrett

Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes

Captain Surtees Cook

Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe

Harry Bevan

Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll

Dr. Ford-Waterlow

Ferdinand Munier
Ferdinand Munier

Dr. Chambers

Vernon Downing
Vernon Downing

Octavius Barrett

Neville Clark
Neville Clark

Charles Barrett

Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith

George Barrett

Robert Carleton
Robert Carleton

Alfred Barrett

Allan Conrad
Allan Conrad

Henry Barrett

Peter Hobbes
Peter Hobbes

Septimus Barrett

Flush
Flush

Himself

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