The Barretts of Wimpole Street
The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 American historical 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). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Shearer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. It was written by Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, and Donald Ogden Stewart, from the successful 1930 play The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier, and starring Katharine Cornell.
Plot
In her bedroom where she has been sequestered for years, Elizabeth ("Ba") (Norma Shearer), the eldest Barrett daughter, consults with her doctor. She is recovering from an illness and is weak, but the doctor advises that a full recovery is possible.
More details
| author | Donald Ogden Stewart Ernest Vajda |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Sidney Franklin |
| editor | Margaret Booth |
| genre | drama historical romance |
| keywords | church film still horrify maureen o\'sullivan model move railway station selling the house sex addiction sibling wait |
| musicBy | Herbert Stothart |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Picture |
| producer | Irving Thalberg |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | biographical drama romantic drama |