The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Norma Shearer Elizabeth Barrett

Fredric March Robert Browning

Charles Laughton Edward Moulton-Barrett

Maureen O'Sullivan Henrietta Barrett

Katharine Alexander Arabel Barrett