Primrose Path
The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!
1940 · 1h 33m · APPROVED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Gregory La Cava
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.
Director and cast
- Gregory La Cava Director
- 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)
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