Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1934-09-21) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 wins & 2 nominations total |
| Screen: | Rudolph Besier, Ernest Vajda, Claudine West |
| Productions: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 88867: Norma Shearer - Elizabeth Barrett
- 13576: Fredric March - Robert Browning
- 10921: Charles Laughton - Edward Moulton-Barrett
- 41516: Maureen O'Sullivan - Henrietta Barrett
- 133227: Katharine Alexander - Arabel Barrett
- 47178: Ralph Forbes - Captain Surtees Cook
- 2782: Ian Wolfe - Harry Bevan
Crews
- 1184545: Rudolph Besier - Theatre Play - Writing
- 14859: Claudine West - Screenplay - Writing
- 144423: Ernest Vajda - Screenplay - Writing
- 14676: Donald Ogden Stewart - Screenplay - Writing
- 42060: Sidney Franklin - Director - Directing
- 72067: Margaret Booth - Editor - Editing
- 9062: Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
Keiferschultz
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I'm sorry, but the scenes with Norma Shearer and Fredric March simply fall flat. Shearer's "fey" acting style is contemptible at the best of times, but her overacting in every single scene simply destroys the fabric of this otherwise well written melodrama. Who saves the day? Char ....
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I thought that there was something almost claustrophobic about this film as we are introduced to a well-off family who live in a grand villa in London’s west end. There are nine siblings, all well into adulthood, and all under the thumb of their oppressive windowed father (Charles La ....
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