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Box office. $1.1 million [ 3] The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1957 British CinemaScope historical film originating from the United Kingdom; it was a re-make of the earlier 1934 version by the same director, Sidney Franklin. [ 4] Both films are based on the 1930 play The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1930 play by the Dutch/English dramatist Rudolf Besier, based on the romance between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, and her domineering father's unwillingness to allow them to marry.
- Rudolf Besier
- 1930
Aug 9, 2019 · Synopsis: In Victorian England, poetess Elizabeth "Ba" Barrett (Jennifer Jones, Duel in the Sun) falls in love with fellow poet Robert Browning (Bill Travers, Born Free), but they decide to hide their relationship from Elizabeth's stern father (Sir John Gielgud, Arthur).
[11] The Barretts of Wimpole Street topped the Film Daily year-end poll of 424 critics as the best film of 1934. [12] The film was considered a success at the box office. [13] According to MGM records it earned theater rentals of $1,258,000 in the US and Canada and $1,085,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $668,000.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street: Directed by Sidney Franklin. With Jennifer Jones, John Gielgud, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna. Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
- (571)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Sidney Franklin
- 1957-01-16
'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' is a romantic costume drama made in 1934, directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Shearer, Fredric March and Charles Laughton. It was adapted from the play by Rudolf Besier which opened on Broadway in 1931 with Katherine Cornell in the role of Elizabeth Barrett.
Famous poet Elizabeth Barrett (Jennifer Jones) recovers from a crippling illness while suffering under the tyrannical watch of her widowed father, Edward (John Gielgud). However, she has a joyful...
- Romance
