The Barretts of Wimpole Street
When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!
1934 | 109m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Sidney Franklin |
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| Writer: | Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 21, 1934 |
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| Director: | Sidney Franklin |
| Writer: | Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | london, england, abusive father, biography, poet, based on play or musical, family relationships, church, free will, overbearing father, pre-code, self confidence, father daughter conflict, overprotective father, domineering father, literary figure, loss of legs, father daughter relationship, hopelessly in love, cruel father |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,258,000
Budget: $820,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Rudolph Besier | Theatre Play |
| Ernest Vajda | Screenplay |
| Claudine West | Screenplay |
| William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| A. Lindsley Lane | Camera Operator |
| Sidney Franklin | Director |
| Donald Ogden Stewart | Screenplay |
| Herbert Stothart | Music |
| Margaret Booth | Editor |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Irving Thalberg | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Director | George Cukor | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | N/A | Nominated |
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I'm sorry, but the scenes with Norma Shearer and Fredric March simply fall flat. Shearer's "fey" acting style is contemptible at the best of times, but her overacting in every single scene simply destroys the fabric of this otherwise well written melodrama. Who saves the day? Charles Laughton of ... course! His is truly the only performance which shines in this movie. Uno O'Connor and a ravishingly beautiful Maureen O'Sullivan try their best to keep the project afloat, but Norma Shearer absolutely ruins the movie. There is some welcome comic relief given by Mary Clayton Anderson, an actress who really should have been given more screen roles in Hollywood. Frederic March is wooden and over-the-top at the same time. I never believed for one second that he was in love with the main character.