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The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Drama Romance

When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!

Release Date: 1934, September 21
Directors: Sidney Franklin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Charles Laughton, Ian Wolfe, Una O'Connor, Leo G. Carroll, Maureen O'Sullivan, Katharine Alexander, Ralph Forbes, Fredric March, Matthew Smith, Vernon Downing, Ferdinand Munier, Marion Clayton Anderson

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

biography father daughter relationship family relationships based on play or musical church london, england abusive father overprotective father father daughter conflict free will poet self confidence pre-code overbearing father domineering father loss of legs literary figure hopelessly in love cruel father