Primrose Path
“The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!”
1940 · 1 h 33 min
Gregory La CavaCast
Ginger Rogers 
Joel McCrea 
Marjorie Rambeau 
Henry Travers 
Miles Mander Queenie Vassar
Credits
Written by: Allan Scott
Plot
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted, wayward family, and falls for a young man who doesn't know her background.
Sinekatalog’s take
Gregory La Cava's drama, with Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea, is warm and frank about class and family.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (2,067 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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