

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
"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.
Movie Details
Budget
$820K
$820,000
Revenue
$1.3M
$1,258,000
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Key Crew

Sidney Franklin
Director

Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay

Irving Thalberg
Producer
Cast

Norma Shearer
Elizabeth Barrett

Fredric March
Robert Browning

Charles Laughton
Edward Moulton-Barrett

Maureen O'Sullivan
Henrietta Barrett

Katharine Alexander
Arabel Barrett

Ralph Forbes
Captain Surtees Cook

Ian Wolfe
Harry Bevan

Marion Clayton Anderson
Bella Hedley

Leo G. Carroll
Dr. Ford-Waterlow
Ferdinand Munier
Dr. Chambers

Una O'Connor
Wilson

Vernon Downing
Octavius Barrett
Neville Clark
Charles Barrett
Matthew Smith
George Barrett
Robert Carleton
Alfred Barrett
Allan Conrad
Henry Barrett
Peter Hobbes
Septimus Barrett
Flush
Himself