Emma
7.0
“She makes you LAUGH, She makes you CRY, but always makes you HAPPY!”
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.
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Cast
31 people
Marie Dressler
Emma Thatcher
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Richard Cromwell
Ronnie Smith
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Jean Hersholt
Frederick Smith
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Myrna Loy
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John Miljan
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M
Purnell Pratt
Haskins
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Leila Bennett
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Barbara Kent
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Kathryn Crawford
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George Meeker
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Wilfred Noy
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Clarence Brown Director · Leonard Praskins Screenplay Frances Marion Story
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $350K · United States release January 2, 1932
Box office
Budget
$350,000
Worldwide gross
$1,972,000
Gross vs. budget
5.6×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 2, 1932
Theatrical
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