Primrose Path

Primrose Path

93 mins | Drama, Romance | March 22, 1940

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.

Primrose Path

93 mins | Drama, Romance | March 22, 1940

Primrose Path
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Primrose Path
Directors Edward Killy, Gregory La Cava
Writers Victoria Lincoln, Allan Scott, Gregory La Cava

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

Joan Carroll

as Honeybell

Vivienne Osborne

as Thelma

Carmen Morales

as Carmelita

Bobby Barber

as Benny - Man in Diner (uncredited)

Louise Beavers

as Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

as Al - Man in Diner (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

as Gossip in Diner (uncredited)

Charles Lane

as Mr. 'Smitty' Smith / Hawkins (uncredited)

Matt McHugh

as Drunk Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

as Man in Bluebell

Mara Alexander

as Girl in Bluebell

Ray Cooke

as Man Clueing in Ed

Herbert Corthell

as Herb - Man Getting Ga

Jacqueline Dalya

as Dalya - Carmelita's Friend

Jack Gardner

as Jake's Friend in Diner

Charlie Hall

as Man in Diner

Grace Hayle

as Drunk's Wife Leaving Bluebell

Donald Kerr

as Sailor in Bluebell

Larry McGrath

as Jake Halpern - Man in Diner

Frank Mills

as Taxi Driver

Gene Morgan

as Gene 'Smith'

Nestor Paiva

as Bluebell Manager

Bob Perry

as Bluebell Bartender

Lorin Raker

as Man in Diner