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Primrose Path

Primrose Path (1940)

Drama

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.

Updated May 22 2020

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Keywords:

marriage shooting alcoholism poverty prostitution

FACTS

Runtime: 93 mins Rating: 6.3

Cast

Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Man in Diner

Henry Travers

Henry Travers

Gramp

Joan Carroll

Joan Carroll

Honeybell

Grace Hayle

Grace Hayle

Drunk's Wife Leaving Bluebell

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Homer

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea

Ed Wallace

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Mr. 'Smitty' Smith / Hawkins (uncredited)

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Ellie May Adams

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Crew

Mel Berns

Mel Berns

Makeup Artist

Gregory La Cava

Gregory La Cava

Director

Gregory La Cava

Gregory La Cava

Screenplay

Allan Scott

Allan Scott

Screenplay

Victoria Lincoln

Victoria Lincoln

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