

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
DirectorSidney Franklin
“When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!”
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.
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Preview Clip | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Warner Archive
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
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