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So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

APPROVED 62 min  -  Action | Comedy | Crime  -   17 April 1942 (USA)
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A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders as is falsely accused of being notorious murderer "Ma {arker."

Director:

Jean Yarbrough

Writers:

George Bricker (screenplay), Edmond Kelso (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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So's Your Aunt Emma! -- A meek middle-aged spinster, down-trodden by her two older sisters at home, makes a sentimental visit to the big city to see the boxer son of her long dead childhood beau...
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Zasu Pitts ...
Aunt Emma Bates
Roger Pryor Roger Pryor ...
Terry
Warren Hymer Warren Hymer ...
Joe
Douglas Fowley Douglas Fowley ...
Gus Hammond
Gwen Kenyon Gwen Kenyon ...
Maris
Elizabeth Russell Elizabeth Russell ...
Zelda
Tristram Coffin Tristram Coffin ...
Flower Henderson
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart ...
Mickey O'Banion (as Bud McTaggart)
Stanley Blystone Stanley Blystone ...
Detective Miller (as Stan Blystone)
Dick Elliott Dick Elliott ...
Evans
Eleanor Counts Eleanor Counts ...
Gracie
Jack Mulhall Jack Mulhall ...
Burns
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Storyline

Aunt Emma Bates (Zasu Pitts), a spinster, visits the "Big Town" to see a boxing match participated in by Mickey O'Banion ('Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart' ), son of Emma's old fiancé who was himself a boxing champion. At the arena Emma sits next to Terry (Roger Pryor), a reporter who is trying to track down Rex Crenshaw (Irving Mitchell), lawyer for gangster "Flower" Henderson (Tristram Coffin), who has been kidnapped by rival gang-leader Gus Hammond (Douglas Fowley), and manager of Mickey. After the fight Emma is mistaken for a notorious gun-woman named Ma Parker, and suspected by Hammond's henchmen of working in the interests of Henderson. Mickey is shot during an altercation at Henderson's nightclub and is later kidnapped from the hospital by his manager's men and taken to an East Side outlaw. Emma, in an effort to free Mickey... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Spinster | Gangster | Reporter | Arena | Aunt  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Meet the Mob See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monogram Pictures See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The real Kate "Ma" Barker was killed in 1935. See more »

Quotes

Aunt Emma Bates: [to Maris] Young lady, when you and I get to the hospital, we;re gonna have a talk - man-to-man!
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Soundtracks

"I Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
by Harry Tobias and Edward J. Kay (as Edward Kay) See more »