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.
Norma Shearer
as Elizabeth Barrett
Fredric March
as Robert Browning
Charles Laughton
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Henrietta Barrett
Katharine Alexander
as Arabel Barrett
Ralph Forbes
as Captain Surtees Cook
Ian Wolfe
as Harry Bevan
Marion Clayton Anderson
as Bella Hedley
Leo G. Carroll
as Dr. Ford-Waterlow
Ferdinand Munier
as Dr. Chambers
Keiferschultz
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? Charles Laughton of ...