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22/03/1940 Drama, Romance 1h 33m
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The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!

Overview

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.

  1. Gregory La Cava

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ginger Rogers

    Ellie May Adams

  2. Joel McCrea

    Ed Wallace

  3. Marjorie Rambeau

    Mamie Adams

  4. Henry Travers

    Gramp

  5. Miles Mander

    Homer

  6. Queenie Vassar

    Grandma

  7. Joan Carroll

    Honeybell

  8. Vivienne Osborne

    Thelma

  9. Carmen Morales

    Carmelita

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-23
There's some pretty good acting here. Ginger Rogers is "Ellie May" who lives in a ramshackle house with her mum, dipso father and her sister. When she meets a local blue collar gent "Ed" (Joel McCrae) they are soon smitten - the only snag is, she had omitted telling him some fairly important details from her past and when he finds out, their relationship becomes strained and compromised. The story, in itself, is really pretty straightforward - it's the performances that help it stand out a bit. Marjorie Rambeau is super as the mother, as is Miles Mander as the well meaning father and Henry Tra...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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