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Primrose Path
“The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!”
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.
Directed by Gregory La Cava
67
User score
26 votes
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Status
Released
Released
March 22, 1940
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
English
Top 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)
Louise Beavers
Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Al (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
Gossip in Diner (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Matt McHugh
Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
Mara Alexander
Girl in Bluebell (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
Man Clueing in Ed (uncredited)
Herbert Corthell
Herb (uncredited)
