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21/09/1934 Drama, Romance 1h 49m
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When poets love, Heaven and Earth fall back to watch!

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.

  1. Sidney Franklin

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Norma Shearer

    Elizabeth Barrett

  2. Fredric March

    Robert Browning

  3. Charles Laughton

    Edward Moulton-Barrett

  4. Maureen O'Sullivan

    Henrietta Barrett

  5. Katharine Alexander

    Arabel Barrett

  6. Ralph Forbes

    Captain Surtees Cook

  7. Ian Wolfe

    Harry Bevan

  8. Marion Clayton Anderson

    Bella Hedley

  9. Leo G. Carroll

    Dr. Ford-Waterlow

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-04
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 Laughton). His red line rule is that none of them are ever to marry, which up until now has not mattered so much. When eldest daughter, and the apple of his eye, “Elizabeth” (Norma Shearer) who is a successful but bedridden poet, is introduced to the appreciative “Browning” (Frederic March) though, this dyn...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$820,000.00

Revenue
$1,258,000.00

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