Emma (MOD)

Emma (MOD)A housekeeper faces unexpected snobbery when she marries her boss in this enjoyable drama starring Oscar nominee Marie Dressler ("Dinner at Eight") and Oscar honoree and Golden Globe winner Jean Hersholt ("Grand Hotel"). Co starring Oscar honoree Myrna Loy ("The Best Years of Our Lives"). Dressler received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Emma. Directed by multiple Oscar nominee Clarence Brown ("National Velvet").

It's a mystery - one with a terrific surprise ending

he must con a grieving war widow (Kerr)

Everything is going exactly according to plan

a diner stick-up

"he learns that hating is a waste of valuable energy

Spurned spouse Crystal Shackleford (Fitzgerald) has the idol and enlists a sleazy solicitor (Greenstreet) and a drunken thief (Lorre) in her plans for riches and revenge

the fledging Continental Navy's Bonhomme Richard is sinking and half its crew is lost

But when the sheriff (Sky King's Kirby Grant) suspects the stallion was stolen and Daniel's plan to get rid of the horse ends with a man being trampled

john Gilbert

Screenplay and Supporting Actor (Garfield)

Although he flirted wildly with both danger and beautiful women

further into his shell