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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
A biographical drama about the romance between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, starring Jennifer Jones and John Gielgud. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Sidney Franklin
- 1957-01-16
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.
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.
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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