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Primrose Path (1940)
Directed by Gregory La Cava
“The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!”
Drama, Romance · 1h 33m
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.
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
C
Carmen Morales
Carmelita
Bobby Barber
Benny (uncredited)
Louise Beavers
Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Gregory La Cava
- Screenplay
- Allan Scott, Gregory La Cava
- Director of Photography
- Joseph H. August
- Original Music Composer
- Werner R. Heymann
- Editor
- William Hamilton
- Producer
- Gregory La Cava
Details
- Release date
- 1940-03-22
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures