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The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 American romantic drama film directed by Sidney Franklin based on the 1930 play of the same title by Rudolf Besier.
A biographical drama about the love story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, starring Norma Shearer and Fredric March. The film features Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's domineering father, who forbids any marriage, and won an Oscar for his performance.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Sidney Franklin
- 1934-09-21
The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1930 play by the Dutch/English dramatist Rudolf Besier, based on the romance between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and her domineering father's unwillingness to allow them to marry.
- Rudolf Besier
- 1930
The Barretts of Wimpole Street: Directed by Sidney Franklin. With Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna. Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Sidney Franklin
- 1957-01-16
Jan 9, 2024 · The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 film, dramatizing the Real Life courtship and marriage of the famed Victorian-era British poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
- 110 min
- 61
- Romka Sergeev
A classic Hollywood romance based on the play by Rudolf Besier, starring Norma Shearer and Fredric March as Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. Learn more about the film's cast, crew, awards, trivia and watch the trailer.
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Elizabeth Barrett, the frail daughter of a stern Victorian-era gentleman, awakens to the world and finds love when she meets the dashing romantic poet Robert Browning.
