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Primrose Path (1940)

"The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!"

6.5/10 1h 33m Mar 22, 1940
Drama Romance

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Primrose Path
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.5

Cast

Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
Ellie May Adams
Popularity: 1.2
Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea
Ed Wallace
Popularity: 4.6
Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau
Mamie Adams
Popularity: 0.8
Henry Travers
Henry Travers
Gramp
Popularity: 2.7
Miles Mander
Miles Mander
Homer
Popularity: 1.7
Queenie Vassar
Queenie Vassar
Grandma
Popularity: 0.1
Joan Carroll
Joan Carroll
Honeybell
Popularity: 3.7
Vivienne Osborne
Vivienne Osborne
Thelma
Popularity: 2.3
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Carmen Morales
Carmelita
Popularity: 1.9
Bobby Barber
Bobby Barber
Benny (uncredited)
Popularity: 7.4
Louise Beavers
Louise Beavers
Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.5
Edgar Dearing
Edgar Dearing
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Popularity: 1.3

Key Crew

Director Gregory La Cava
Screenplay Allan Scott, Gregory La Cava
Editor William Hamilton
Producer Gregory La Cava

Production

RKO Radio Pictures
US

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Keywords

based on novel or book marriage alcoholism poverty prostitution

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jun 23, 2022

There's some pretty good acting here. Ginger Rogers is "Ellie May" who lives in a ramshackle house with her mum, dipso father and her sister. When she meets a local blue collar gent "Ed" (Joel McCrae) they are soon smitten - the only snag is, she had omitted telling him some fairly important details ... Read more

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Details
Release Date March 22, 1940
Runtime 1h 33m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.5
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