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Emma is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Marie Dressler, written by Leonard Praskins from a story by Frances Marion, and directed by Clarence Brown. The supporting cast features Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt and Myrna Loy.
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Brief Synopsis. A housekeeper faces unexpected snobbery when she marries her boss. Cast & Crew. Read More. Clarence Brown. Director. Marie Dressler. Emma [Thatcher Smith] Richard Cromwell. Ronnie [Smith] Jean Hersholt. Mr. [Frederick] Smith. Myrna Loy. Isabelle [Countess Marlin] John Miljan. District Attorney. Photos & Videos. View All. 1 Photo.
- Clarence Brown, Charles Dorian
- Marie Dressler
Middle-aged housekeeper Emma (Marie Dressler) helps a lonely widower, Ronald Smith (Richard Cromwell) raising his spoiled and over-entitled children. When Smith takes Emma on a vacation, he...
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- David Nusair
- Drama
- Clarence Brown
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After his wife passes away in childbirth, inventor Frederick Smith looks to Emma Thatcher, his housekeeper and nanny, to add the motherless newborn and three older children to her charge. She performs this job faithfully for 32 years, over which time one of Smith's patents makes him a millionaire.
Director. Leonard Praskins. Screenplay. Frances Marion. Story. When Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's three children, cares also for the family's new addition. Fred becomes rich and successful, then he and Emma marry.
Emma is a turn-of-the-century domestic drama completely dominated by star Marie Dressler. She plays the maid of an upper middle class family, keeping her wits about her as her employers suffer crisis after crisis. When the master of the house (Jean Hersholt), a prominent inventor, is widowed, he proposes marriage to Emma.
