Film

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!

6.0

1h 49m

1934

“When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Sidney Franklin

DramaRomance

london, englandabusive fatherpoetbiographybased on play or musicalfamily relationshipschurchfree willoverbearing fatherpre-codeself confidencefather daughter conflict