Primrose Path (1940 film)

Primrose Path
Directed byGregory La Cava
Screenplay byGregory La Cava
Allan Scott
Based onPrimrose Path
1938 play
by Robert H. Buckner
Walter Hart
February Hill 1934 novel by Victoria Lincoln
Produced byGregory La Cava
StarringGinger Rogers
Joel McCrea
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Edited byWilliam Hamilton
Music byWerner R. Heymann
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • March 22, 1940 (1940-03-22)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$702,000
Box office$1,200,000

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.