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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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Emma (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Airport Reliable housekeeper Emma (Marie Dressler) is persuaded to try out a flight simulator, to the delight of Ronnie (Richard Cromwell), her well-to-do de facto son, in this early scene from Emma, 1932, directed by Clarence Brown.
- 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 makes...
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- David Nusair
- Drama
- Clarence Brown
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.
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.
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The story concerns housekeeper Emma (Marie Dressler), who faces surprising snobbery when she weds her manager Frederick Smith (Jean Hersholt). Frederick proposes and Emma accepts, even though she is fearful that people will communicate.
