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6.5/10 • 22

1940-03-221h 33m

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The Play That Shocked New York And Rocked Broadway With Laughter!

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.

Directors
Gregory La Cava
Editors
William Hamilton

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Ginger Rogers

    Ginger Rogers

    Ellie May Adams

  2. Joel McCrea

    Joel McCrea

    Ed Wallace

  3. Marjorie Rambeau

    Marjorie Rambeau

    Mamie Adams

  4. Henry Travers

    Henry Travers

    Gramp

  5. Miles Mander

    Miles Mander

    Homer

  6. Queenie Vassar

    Queenie Vassar

    Grandma

  7. Joan Carroll

    Joan Carroll

    Honeybell

  8. Vivienne Osborne

    Vivienne Osborne

    Thelma

  9. Carmen Morales

    Carmen Morales

    Carmelita

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CinemaSerf

Jun 23, 2022

6/10

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 Travers could never really put a foot wrong with his grand-paternal style of comforting performance. Rogers and MaCrae do their jobs, too - though nothing too spectacular as the dialogue they share is quite limiting. Still, it's a good enough tale of the benefits of telling the truth that still holds together well.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
based on novel or bookmarriagealcoholismpovertyprostitution