based on novel or book,marriage,alcoholism,poverty,prostitution

Primrose Path (1940)

Poster for Primrose Path

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

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

Director
Gregory La Cava
  • Profile picture of Ginger Rogers
    Ellie May Adams Ginger Rogers
  • Profile picture of Joel McCrea
    Ed Wallace Joel McCrea
  • Profile picture of Marjorie Rambeau
    Mamie Adams Marjorie Rambeau
  • Profile picture of Henry Travers
    Gramp Henry Travers
  • Profile picture of Miles Mander
    Homer Miles Mander
  • Profile picture of Queenie Vassar
    Grandma Queenie Vassar
  • Profile picture of Joan Carroll
    Honeybell Joan Carroll
  • Profile picture of Vivienne Osborne
    Thelma Vivienne Osborne

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • marriage
  • alcoholism
  • poverty
  • prostitution