Primrose Path (1940 film)
| Primrose Path | |
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| Directed by | Gregory La Cava |
| Screenplay by | Gregory La Cava Allan Scott |
| Based on | Primrose Path 1938 play by Robert H. Buckner Walter Hart February Hill 1934 novel by Victoria Lincoln |
| Produced by | Gregory La Cava |
| Starring | Ginger Rogers Joel McCrea |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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.