Primrose Path (1940)
22/03/1940
Drama, Romance
1h 33m
- 66% (24 votes)
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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.
- Gregory La CavaDirector, Screenplay
- Allan ScottScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- marriage
- alcoholism
- poverty
- prostitution
Top Billed Cast
Ginger Rogers
Ellie May Adams
Joel McCrea
Ed Wallace
Marjorie Rambeau
Mamie Adams
Henry Travers
Gramp
Miles Mander
Homer
Queenie Vassar
Grandma
Joan Carroll
Honeybell
Vivienne Osborne
Thelma
Carmen Morales
Carmelita
Bobby Barber
Benny (uncredited)
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