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The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1957 British CinemaScope historical film originating from the United Kingdom; it was a re-make of the earlier 1934 version by the same director, Sidney Franklin. Both films are based on the 1930 play The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier.
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
Famous poet Elizabeth Barrett (Jennifer Jones) recovers from a crippling illness while suffering under the tyrannical watch of her widowed father, Edward (John Gielgud). However, she...
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- Sidney Franklin
- Romance
- Jennifer Jones
For its remake of The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957), starring Jennifer Jones and John Gielgud as Elizabeth Barrett and Edward Moulton-Barrett, MGM went all out to top its classic 1934 version, in which Norma Shearer and Charles Laughton played the embattled daughter and father.
- Sidney Franklin
- Jennifer Jones
The Barretts of Wimpole Street: Directed by Vincent J. Donehue. With Nancy Coleman, Katharine Cornell, Henry Daniell, Lisa Daniels. Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
- Vincent J. Donehue
- 1956-04-02
- Drama, Musical, Comedy
- 90
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta (Maureen...
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- Romance
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Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
