The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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1934 PG-13 1h 49m
6.0 /10
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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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.

User Reviews
Geronimo1967
4 Jul 2025

I thought that there was something almost claustrophobic about this film as we are introduced to a well-off family who live in a grand villa in London...

K
1 Aug 2024

I'm sorry, but the scenes with Norma Shearer and Fredric March simply fall flat. Shearer's "fey" acting style is contemptible at the best of times, b...

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