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    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    1934 · Romance · 1h 50m

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  1. The Barretts of Wimpole Street. 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. Presented first at the Malvern Festival in August 1930, the play transferred to the ...

    • Rudolf Besier
    • 20 August 1930
    • 1930
    • Elizabeth Barrett's bed-sitting-room at 50 Wimpole Street, London, in 1845
  2. 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.It depicts the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) and Robert Browning (Fredric March), despite the opposition of her abusive father Edward Moulton-Barrett (Charles Laughton).

  3. A biographical drama about the romance of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, starring Norma Shearer and Fredric March. The film explores the challenges they faced against Elizabeth's tyrannical father and society's conventions.

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    • Biography, Drama, Romance
    • Sidney Franklin
    • 1934-09-21
  4. 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. [4] Both films are based on the 1930 play The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier. The screenplay for the 1957 film is credited to John ...

  5. 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.

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    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Sidney Franklin
    • 1957-01-16
  6. 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.

  7. "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" was originally a stage play, but translates just fine to the screen. The supporting case is top notch, but this is Norma Schearer's show. It is difficult to take ...

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    • Romance
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