The Barretts of Wimpole Street

About The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) is a romance film directed by Sidney Franklin. Released in September 1934, it runs 109 minutes.

Norma Shearer stars as Elizabeth Barrett, Fredric March as Robert Browning, Charles Laughton as Edward Moulton-Barrett, and Maureen O'Sullivan as Henrietta Barrett. Written by Claudine West and Donald Ogden Stewart. The film began as a stage production.

Members will find church, pre-code, poet, and abusive father in it.

Of Human Hearts, The Father, and The Iron Claw make useful companions to The Barretts of Wimpole Street, all filed under domineering father and overbearing father. It carries a NR rating.