

Primrose Path
1940 · Movie · 1h 33m · NR
DramaRomance
"The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!"
Overview
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.
Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
Key crew
- Gregory La CavaDirector
- Allan ScottScreenplay
- Gregory La CavaScreenplay
- Werner R. HeymannOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ginger RogersEllie May Adams
- Joel McCreaEd Wallace
- Marjorie RambeauMamie Adams
- Henry TraversGramp
- Miles ManderHomer
- Queenie VassarGrandma
- Joan CarrollHoneybell
- Vivienne OsborneThelma
- Carmen MoralesCarmelita
- Bobby BarberBenny (uncredited)
- Louise BeaversWoman Talking to Police (uncredited)
- Edgar DearingMotorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
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Themes
based on novel or bookmarriagealcoholismpovertyprostitution























