The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1h 49m 1934 Drama, Romance United States of America
Budget: $820,000 Revenue: $1,258,000

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

Director

Sidney Franklin

Writer

Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart