Primrose Path

Primrose Path

1940 · 93 min · EN · NR · 6.5 (22 votes)
Dir. Gregory La Cava · Starring Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, Miles Mander, Queenie Vassar · Music Werner R. Heymann

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

DramaRomance

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.

VIBE

A poignant, old-fashioned drama exploring the harsh realities of poverty and addiction. It's a story of love tested by secrets and societal judgment, told with a classic Hollywood sensibility.

melancholicheartbreakinggrittyromanticsteadyclassic Hollywood dramaperiod piecesocial realismclasslovesacrificeaddiction
based on novel or bookmarriagealcoholismpovertyprostitution
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