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The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1934)
Status: Released
Date: 1934-09-21
60%
21 Votes
Time: 1h 49m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $820,000.00
Revenue: $1,258,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Top 10 Billed 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
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