The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a
1934 film detailing the real-life romance between poets
Elizabeth Barrett (
Norma Shearer) and
Robert Browning (
Fredric March), despite the opposition of her father, played by
Charles Laughton. The film was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by
Ernest Vajda[?],
Claudine West[?] and
Donald Ogden Stewart[?], from the play by
Rudolph Besier[?]. The film was directed by
Sidney Franklin[?].