Primrose Path
The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!
Rating: 6.7 out of 10TMDB(26 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (1941)
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Music
Music by Werner R. Heymann
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph H. August
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Gregory La CavaScreenplay
- Allan ScottScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 22, 1940
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Ginger RogersEllie May Adams
Joel McCreaEd Wallace
Marjorie RambeauMamie Adams
Henry TraversGramp
Miles ManderHomer
Queenie VassarGrandma
Joan CarrollHoneybell
Vivienne OsborneThelma- Carmen MoralesCarmelita
Bobby BarberBenny (uncredited)
Louise BeaversWoman Talking to Police (uncredited)
Edgar DearingMotorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Jack GarganAl (uncredited)
Robert Emmett KeaneGossip in Diner (uncredited)
Charles LaneMr. Smith (uncredited)
Matt McHughDrunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
Ernie AdamsMan in Bluebell (uncredited)- Mara AlexanderGirl in Bluebell (uncredited)
- Ray CookeMan Clueing in Ed (uncredited)
- Herbert CorthellHerb (uncredited)
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