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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. Both films were based on the play by Rudolph Besier.
Nov 7, 2020 · The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1930 play by Rudolf Besier, based on the romance between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and her father's unwillin...
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Rudolph Besier's play, The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1931), the love story of Victorian-era poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, was a Broadway hit starring Katharine Cornell as Barrett, Brian Aherne as Browning, and Cedric Hardwicke as Barrett's monstrously domineering father.
Aug 21, 2023 · *Based on a dreadful true story by Besier - regarding poet Elizabeth Barrett's life, in the cruel clutches of her deranged father ... Sounds like a melodrama...
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street. In this story of two of the greatest romantic poets of English literature, 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. Romance 1934 1 hr 50 min.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street is another in a long line of Hollywood biopics that plays loosely with historical fact–though, to be honest, the fault for that lies more with the Rudolf Besier play on which the film is based. Although through my education in literary studies I have read a great deal of both poets, I had never previously heard ...
Elizabeth Barrett's bed-sitting-room at 50, Wimpole Street, London. 1845. Theatre Owned / Operated by Charles Frohman, Inc. Produced by Katharine Cornell. Written by Rudolf Besier. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Costume Design by Jo Mielziner; Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Business Manager: Alan Attwater; Company Manager: Alan Attwater.
