The Barretts of Wimpole Street

6.048

109 minutes

9/21/1934

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.

Cast List

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
Una O'Connor
as Wilson
Vernon Downing
as Octavius Barrett
Neville Clark
as Charles Barrett
Matthew Smith
as George Barrett
Robert Carleton
as Alfred Barrett
Allan Conrad
as Henry Barrett
Peter Hobbes
as Septimus Barrett
Flush
as Himself