Primrose Path
Primrose Path is a 1940 melodrama film from RKO starring Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea. Produced and directed by Gregory LaCava, it is an adaptation of the novel February Hill. It follows the tragic romance of a young woman determined not to follow her mother and grandmother into prostitution. Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, and Miles Mander appear in support, with Rambeau receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Plot
Tomboy Ellie May Adams (Ginger Rogers) keeps her virtue despite her difficult circumstances. Her alcoholic, Greek scholar father Homer (Miles Mander) is unemployable, leaving her mother Mamie (Marjorie Rambeau) to support the family through prostitution. Her retired-prostitute grandmother (Queenie Vassar) sees nothing wrong with their shared profession.
More details
| author | Allan Scott Gregory La Cava |
|---|---|
| director | Gregory La Cava |
| editor | William Hamilton |
| events | prostitution |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | gas station nothing retire tomboy wisecrack |
| musicBy | Werner R. Heymann |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| producer | Gregory La Cava |
| publisher | RKO Pictures |
| theme | melodrama romantic drama |