Primrose Path (1940)

  • NR
  • 03/22/1940 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 33m

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 Cava

Screenplay, Director

Allan Scott

Screenplay

Cast

Ginger Rogers's headshot

Ginger Rogers

Ellie May Adams
Joel McCrea's headshot

Joel McCrea

Ed Wallace
Marjorie Rambeau's headshot

Marjorie Rambeau

Mamie Adams
Henry Travers's headshot

Henry Travers

Gramp
Miles Mander's headshot

Miles Mander

Homer
Queenie Vassar's headshot

Queenie Vassar

Grandma
Joan Carroll's headshot

Joan Carroll

Honeybell
Vivienne Osborne's headshot

Vivienne Osborne

Thelma

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