Primrose Path

Primrose Path

Director: Gregory La Cava Cast: Werner Richard Heymann
Werner Richard Heymann
, Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
, Henry Travers
Henry Travers
, Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau
Gregory La Cava
Primrose Path

Primrose Path

Director: Gregory La Cava Cast: Werner Richard Heymann
Werner Richard Heymann
, Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
, Henry Travers
Henry Travers
, Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau
Gregory La Cava

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Overview

In her third film for innovative director Gregory LaCava, Ginger Rogers briefly turns her back on her established screen image by playing the daughter and granddaughter of prostitutes. Determined not to pursue the "family business," Ellie May Adams (Rogers) opts for respectability, as personified by clean-limbed Ed Wallace (Joel McCrea, teamed with Rogers for the first time since 1933's Chance at Heaven). Alas, all of Ellie May's dreams of connubial bliss fly out the window when Ed is introduced to her alcoholic father Homer (Miles Mander), her round-heeled mother Mamie (Marjorie Rambeau) and her equally randy grandmother (Queenie Vassar). Briefly losing Ed's affections, Ellie May tearfully resigns herself to taking care of her family-but will she resort to the World's Oldest Profession to keep food on the table? Adapted from Victoria Lincoln's novel February Hill (Lincoln's name didn't appear on the credits due to legal entanglements), Primrose Path managed to retain a goodly portion of the novel's bite without unduly straining RKO Radio's relationship with Joe Breen's censorship office.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/15/2011
UPC: 0883316287378
Original Release: 1940
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Full Frame]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:33:00
Sales rank: 47,989

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Ginger Rogers Ellie May Adams
Henry Travers Gramp
Marjorie Rambeau Mamie Adams
Joel McCrea Ed Wallace
Miles Mander Homer Adams
Queenie Vassar Grandma
Joan Carroll Honeybell Adams
Vivienne Osborne Thelma
Carmen Morales Carmelita
Gene Morgan Hawkins
Lorin Raker Actor
Charles Lane Actor
Mara Alexander Actor
Herbert Corthell Actor
Charles Williams Actor
Larry McGrath Actor
Jack Gardner Actor
Nestor Paiva Actor
Jacqueline Dalya Actor
Lawrence Gleason Jr. Actor
Ray Cooke Actor

Technical Credits
James Ashmore Creelman Screenwriter
Richard Connell Screenwriter
Gregory La Cava Producer,Director
Vernon L. Walker Special Effects
John L. Cass Sound/Sound Designer
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