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Primrose Path
“The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!”
6.7 / 10• 1940• 1h 33m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ginger Rogers
Ellie May Adams
Lead
Joel McCrea
Ed Wallace
Marjorie Rambeau
Mamie Adams
Henry Travers
Gramp
Miles Mander
Homer
Queenie Vassar
Grandma
Joan Carroll
Honeybell
Vivienne Osborne
Thelma
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gregory La Cava's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Primrose Path is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
