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Primrose Path
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6.7Ellie 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.
Released: 1940-03-2293 minDir: Gregory La CavaDrama, Romance
Cast
- 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
Themes
- based on novel or book
- marriage
- alcoholism
- poverty
- prostitution
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- prostitution
- Director
- Gregory La Cava
- Screenwriter
- Allan Scott
- Cast member
- Vivienne Osborne
- Composer
- Werner R. Heymann
- Producer
- Gregory La Cava
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Joseph H. August
- Duration
- 94
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Primrose Path lobby card.jpg
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- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- title
- Primrose Path
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- distributed by
- RKO Pictures
- costume designer
- Renié
- film editor
- William Hamilton
- Commons category
- Primrose Path (film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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