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

Una O'Connor

as Wilson

Vernon Downing

as Octavius Barrett

Neville Clark

as Charles Barrett

Matthew Smith

as George Barrett

Robert Carleton

as Alfred Barrett

Allan Conrad

as Henry Barrett

Peter Hobbes

as Septimus Barrett

Flush

as Himself