| 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[1] |
| Box office | $1,200,000[1] |
Primrose Path is a 1940 film about a young woman determined not to follow the profession of her mother and grandmother: prostitution. It stars Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea. The film was an adaptation of the novel February Hill by Victoria Lincoln (uncredited for legal reasons).[2]
Marjorie Rambeau was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
- ^ Hal Erickson. "Primrose Path Plot Synopsis". Allmovie. Retrieved 2023-03-10.