1934
6.0 (20 votes)
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Claudine West, Ernest Vajda, Donald Ogden Stewart
Director: Sidney Franklin
Director of Photography: William H. Daniels
Producer: Irving Thalberg
