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Emma
She makes you LAUGH, She makes you CRY, but always makes you HAPPY!
1932 | 72m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Clarence Brown |
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| Writer: | Leonard Praskins, Frances Marion |
| Staring: |
| After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 02, 1932 |
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| Director: | Clarence Brown |
| Writer: | Leonard Praskins, Frances Marion |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | nanny, honeymoon, lawsuit, last will and testament, housekeeper, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,972,000
Budget: $350,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Marie Dressler | Emma Thatcher |
| Richard Cromwell | Ronnie Smith |
| Jean Hersholt | Frederick Smith |
| Myrna Loy | Isabelle |
| John Miljan | District Attorney |
| Purnell Pratt | Haskins |
| Leila Bennett | Matilda |
| Barbara Kent | Gypsy |
| Kathryn Crawford | Sue |
| George Meeker | Bill |
| Dale Fuller | Maid |
| Wilfred Noy | Drake |
| André Cheron | Count Pierre |
| Wilson Benge | George (Second Butler) (uncredited) |
| Wade Boteler | Airport Official (uncredited) |
| George Cooper | Airfield Mechanic (uncredited) |
| Edith Fellows | Gypsy as a Child (uncredited) |
| Clarence Geldart | Trial Judge (uncredited) |
| Sherry Hall | Magazine and Candy Clerk (uncredited) |
| Edward Hearn | Haskins' Assistant (uncredited) |
| John Larkin | Train Station Porter (uncredited) |
| Edward LeSaint | Druggist at Trial (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Man (uncredited) |
| Edward Peil Sr. | Man (uncredited) |
| Jack Pennick | Man at Railway Station (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Peterson | Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited) |
| Lee Phelps | Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
| Anne Shirley | Isabelle as a Child (uncredited) |
| Joan Standing | Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited) |
| Walter Walker | Dr. Horton (uncredited) |
| Jay Ward | Bill as a Child (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Leonard Praskins | Screenplay |
| Zelda Sears | Dialogue |
| William LeVanway | Editor |
| Oliver T. Marsh | Director of Photography |
| Samuel Cohen | Assistant Camera |
| Clarence Brown | Director |
| Frances Marion | Story |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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