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The Barretts of Wimpole Street

6.219341h 49mNRMovieDramaRomance

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…

DirectorSidney Franklin
WritersErnest Vajda·Claudine West
ProducerIrving Thalberg

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Cast · Directed by Sidney Franklin

NSNorma Shearer
Norma Shearer
Elizabeth Barrett
FMFredric March
Fredric March
Robert Browning
CLCharles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Edward Moulton-Barrett
MOMaureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Henrietta Barrett
KAKatharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander
Arabel Barrett
RFRalph Forbes
Ralph Forbes
Captain Surtees Cook
IWIan Wolfe
Ian Wolfe
Harry Bevan
MAMarion Clayton Anderson
Marion Clayton Anderson
Bella Hedley
LCLeo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll
Dr. Ford-Waterlow
FMFerdinand Munier
Ferdinand Munier
Dr. Chambers
UOUna O'Connor
Una O'Connor
Wilson
VDVernon Downing
Vernon Downing
Octavius Barrett

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