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Remake by director Franklin of his own sumptuous 1934 drama about the celebrated love affair between the poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, which brought them into bitter conflict with Elizabeth's tyrannically possessive father.

Keywords:

Drama, Romance, Biopic, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1956) (3 Star)

Cast:

Jennifer Jones	.... Elizabeth Barrett
John Gielgud	.... Edward Moulton-Barrett
Bill Travers	.... Robert Browning
Virginia McKenna	.... Henrietta
Susan Stephen	.... Bella
Vernon Gray	.... Captain Surtees Cook

Supporting Cast:

Jean Anderson	.... Wilson
Maxine Audley	.... Arabel
Leslie Phillips	.... Harry Bevan
Laurence Naismith	.... Dr. Chambers
Moultrie Kelsall	.... Dr. Ford-Waterlow
Michael Brill	.... George
Kenneth Fortescue	.... Octavius
Nicholas Hawtrey	.... Henry
Richard Thorp	.... Alfred

Directors:

Sidney Franklin

Writers:

Rudolph Besier
John Dighton