Primrose Path

Primrose Path (1940)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1940-03-22
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Gregory La Cava
star 6.5/10
From 23 Ratings

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Summary

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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  • 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)
  • Louise Beavers

    as Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
  • Edgar Dearing

    as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
  • Jack Gargan

    as Al (uncredited)
  • Robert Emmett Keane

    as Gossip in Diner (uncredited)
  • Charles Lane

    as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
  • Matt McHugh

    as Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
  • Ernie Adams

    as Man in Bluebell (uncredited)
  • Mara Alexander

    as Girl in Bluebell (uncredited)
  • Ray Cooke

    as Man Clueing in Ed (uncredited)
  • Herbert Corthell

    as Herb (uncredited)
  • Jacqueline Dalya

    as Dalya (uncredited)
  • Jack Gardner

    as Jake's Friend in Diner
  • Lawrence Gleason Jr.

    as Boy (uncredited)
  • Charlie Hall

    as Man in Diner (uncredited)
  • Grace Hayle

    as Drunk's Wife Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
  • Donald Kerr

    as Sailor in Bluebell (uncredited)
  • Larry McGrath

    as Jake Halpern (uncredited)
  • Frank Mills

    as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
  • Gene Morgan

    as Gene (uncredited)
  • Nestor Paiva

    as Bluebell Manager (uncredited)
  • Bob Perry

    as Bluebell Bartender (uncredited)
  • Lorin Raker

    as Man in Diner (uncredited)
  • Charles Williams

    as (uncredited)
Writing Gregory La Cava Screenplay
Writing Allan Scott Screenplay
Directing Gregory La Cava Director
Writing Walter Hart Theatre Play
Art Carroll Clark Assistant Art Director
Writing Robert Buckner Theatre Play
Crew Vernon L. Walker Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Renié Wardrobe Designer
Sound John L. Cass Sound Recordist
Production Gregory La Cava Producer
Editing William Hamilton Editor
Directing Edward Killy Assistant Director
Sound Werner R. Heymann Original Music Composer
Art Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Camera Joseph H. August Director of Photography
Art Darrell Silvera Set Decoration