6 Best Emma Dunn Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 28, 2026

Emma Dunn brought a warm, motherly presence to Hollywood’s golden age and frequently played gentle mothers and housekeepers across dozens of films. The Great Dictator thrusts a Jewish barber into a fascist regime’s centre, The Talk of the Town hides a fugitive in a professor’s house, Hard to Handle lands a promoter in and out of trouble, and Blessed Event makes a gossip columnist famous and feared. Letty Lynton and Broken Lullaby round out the list.

The Talk of the Town (1942)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Al Bridge features in this Cary Grant comedy-drama about a fugitive hiding in a law professor's house whose presence influences his views on justice.

Directed by George Stevens · 1h 58m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Great Dictator (1940)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 92%

A Jewish barber mistaken for a tyrannical dictator is thrust into the centre of a fascist regime.

Directed by Charlie Chaplin · 2h 05m · Rated NR

Nominated for 5 Oscars7 wins & 6 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, TCM, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Hard to Handle (1933)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Emma Dunn features in this comedy about a relentless promoter whose wild publicity schemes keep landing him in and out of trouble.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 1h 18m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Blessed Event (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Emma Dunn appears in this comedy about a gossip columnist whose scandalous scoops about celebrity pregnancies make him both famous and hated.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth · 1h 20m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Letty Lynton (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Emma Dunn appears in this Joan Crawford drama about a young socialite whose dangerous past affair threatens to unravel her engagement to a respectable suitor.

Directed by Clarence Brown · 1h 24m · Rated NR

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Broken Lullaby (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Emma Dunn appears in this Lubitsch drama about a guilt-ridden French soldier who seeks forgiveness from the German family of the man he killed.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 16m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Emma Dunn Movies

The Talk of the Town (1942)

The Great Dictator (1940)

Hard to Handle (1933)

Blessed Event (1932)

Letty Lynton (1932)

Broken Lullaby (1932)

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