The Primrose Path
1940 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Mamie Adams (Marjorie Rambeau) supports her alcoholic husband and two daughters by the same profession her mother had practiced: prostitution. Ellie May (Ginger Rogers), the eldest girl, wants desperately to escape her bleak life, and when she meets and falls in love with Ed Wallace (Joel McCrea), who works at the hamburger stand on the beach, she feels she has her chance. However, when Ed finds out Ellie May's family secret, the relationship begins to fall apart. She is about to follow in her mother's footsteps, but will Ed's reappearance at the end set things right? Based on the novel FEBRUARY HILL by Victoria Lincoln. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actress--Marjorie Rambeau.
Direction Gregory La Cava
Cast Ginger Rogers · Joel McCrea · Marjorie Rambeau · Miles Mander · Joan Carroll · Henry Travers · Queenie Vassar · Vivienne Osborne
Soundtrack Werner R. Heymann
Screenplay Allan Scott · Gregory La Cava · Robert L. Buckner · Walter Hart
Cinematography Joseph H. August
Original title The Primrose Path
6.5
186 votes (FilmAffinity)
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