Primrose Path

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

6.719401h 33m

Released

Drama

Romance

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1940-03-22

Runtime1h 33m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

based on novel or book

Videos

1 total

Clip

Primrose Path (Preview Clip)

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Cast & Crew

Ginger Rogers

as Ellie May Adams

Joel McCrea

as Ed Wallace

Marjorie Rambeau

as Mamie Adams

Henry Travers

as Gramp

Miles Mander

as Homer

Queenie Vassar

as Grandma

Joan Carroll

as Honeybell

Vivienne Osborne

as Thelma

Carmen Morales

as Carmelita

Bobby Barber

as Benny (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jun 23, 2022

6/10

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 from her past and when he finds out, their relati…

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