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The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 American film depicting the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) and Robert Browning (Fredric March), despite the opposition of her 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 play by Rudolf Besier. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin.
This film was based upon the famous 1930 play, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring Katharine Cornell.
Subsequent film in 1957 The Barretts of Wimpole Street starred Jennifer Jones and Bill Travers.
Original Release
09/21/1934
US Release
09/21/1934
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Norma Shearer | Elizabeth Barrett |
Fredric March | Robert Browning |
Charles Laughton | Edward Moulton-Barrett |
Maureen O'Sullivan | Henrietta Barrett |
Katharine Alexander | Arabel Barrett |
Ralph Forbes | Captain Surtees Cook |
Marion Clayton Anderson | Bella Hedley |
Ian Wolfe | Harry Bevan |
Ferdinand Munier | Dr. Chambers |
Una O'Connor | Wilson |
Directors
Writers
Rudolph Besier, Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart
Cast
Name | Character |
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Norma Shearer | Elizabeth Barrett |
Fredric March | Robert Browning |
Charles Laughton | Edward Moulton-Barrett |
Maureen O'Sullivan | Henrietta Barrett |
Katharine Alexander | Arabel Barrett |
Ralph Forbes | Captain Surtees Cook |
Marion Clayton Anderson | Bella Hedley |
Ian Wolfe | Harry Bevan |
Ferdinand Munier | Dr. Chambers |
Una O'Connor | Wilson |
Leo G. Carroll | Dr. Ford-Waterlow |
Vernon Downing | Octavius Barrett |
Neville Clark | Charles Barrett |
Matthew Smith | George Barrett |
Robert Carleton | Alfred Barrett |
Allan Conrad | Henry Barrett |
Peter Hobbes | Septimus Barrett |
Flush | Himself / Flush |
Lowden Adams | Butler |
Winter Hall | Clergyman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Irving Thalberg | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1935 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1935 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |