The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
- Starring:
- Norma Shearer, Fredric March, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sidney Franklin, Sidney Franklin, (more)
Synopsis of The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Based on a successful stage drama, this historical romance stars Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Barrett, an invalid largely confined to her bed. Elizabeth has little company beyond her dog and her obsessively protective father, Edward Moulton Barrett (Charles Laughton). Her one great passion and means of emotional escape is writing poetry, to which she devotes a large part of her days. She makes the acquaintance of fellow poet Robert Browning (Fredric March), who pays her a visit. They respect each others' literary abilities and become romantically attracted to each other. Robert asks for Elizabeth's hand in marriage, but Edward refuses to allow it. Elizabeth must battle her father for the right to live her own life, but eventually she is able to wed Robert and bring herself back to health. Director Sidney A. Franklin also helmed a remake of The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957); it was his last film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Barretts of Wimpole Street
- Norma Shearer - Elizabeth Barrett
- Charles Laughton - Edward Moulton Barrett
- Katherine Alexander - Arabel Barrett
- Ian Wolfe - Harry Bevan
- Ralph Forbes - Capt. Surtees Cook
- Neville Clarke - Charles Barrett
- Robert Carleton - Alfred Barrett
- Peter Hobbes - Septimus Barrett
- Robert Bolder - Old Man
- Margaret Seddon - Woman
- Lowden Adams - Butler
- George Kirby - Coachman
- Fredric March - Robert Browning
- Maureen O'Sullivan - Henrietta Barrett
- Una O'Connor - Wilson
- Marion Clayton - Bella Hedley
- Vernon P. Downing - Octavius Barrett
- Matt Smith - George Barrett
- Alan Conrad - Henry Barrett
- Ferdinand Munier - Dr. Chambers
- Leo G. Carroll - Dr. Ford-Waterlow
- Winter Hall - Clergyman
- Leo Carrillo - Dr. Ford-Waterlow
- Director(s):
- Sidney Franklin, Sidney Franklin
- Writer(s):
- Donald Ogden Stewart, Claudine West, Ernest Vajda
- Producer(s):
- Irving G. Thalberg
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