Primrose Path (film)

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Primrose Path
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Produced by Gregory La Cava
Written by Robert L. Buckner (play)
Walter Hart (play)
Victoria Lincoln (novel, uncredited)
Gregory La Cava
Allan Scott
Starring Ginger Rogers
Joel McCrea
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s) March 22, 1940
Running time 93 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Primrose Path is a 1940 film about a young woman determined not to follow the profession of her mother and grandmother, prostitution. It stars Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea. The film was based on the play of the same name by Robert L. Buckner and Walter Hart and the novel February Hill by Victoria Lincoln (uncredited for legal reasons[1]).

Marjorie Rambeau was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

[edit] 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 Adams
  • Queenie Vassar as Grandma
  • Joan Carroll as Honeybell Adams
  • Vivienne Osborne as Thelma
  • Carmen Morales as Carmelita

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hal Erickson. Primrose Path Plot Synopsis. All Movie Guide. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.

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