Movie · 1934
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
“When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!”
Released 21 September 1934 109 min Drama / Romance More from 1934 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Una O'Connor
as Wilson
Leo G. Carroll
as Dr. Ford-Waterlow
Ferdinand Munier
as Dr. Chambers
Fredric March
as Robert Browning
Ian Wolfe
as Harry Bevan
Katharine Alexander
as Arabel Barrett
Charles Laughton
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Norma Shearer
as Elizabeth Barrett
Ralph Forbes
as Captain Surtees Cook
Marion Clayton Anderson
as Bella Hedley
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Henrietta Barrett
Vernon Downing
as Octavius Barrett
Neville Clark
as Charles Barrett
Matthew Smith
as George Barrett
Robert Carleton
as Alfred Barrett
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The numbers
32years between the oldest and youngest billed
53Una O'Connor — oldest on the call sheet
21Vernon Downing — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast