Primrose Path (1931 film)
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| Directed by | William A. O'Connor |
| Produced by | Willis Kent |
| Starring | Helen Foster John Darrow Dorothy Granger |
| Cinematography | Henry Cronjager Ernest Laszlo |
| Edited by | Arthur A. Brooks |
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| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Primrose Path (also written as The Primrose Path) is a 1931 American drama film directed by William A. O'Connor and starring Helen Foster, John Darrow and Dorothy Granger.[1]
Plot
The daughter of a policeman is led astray into a wild life by a star football player at her school, and ends up being expelled. Ashamed she runs away from home, and ends up being tricked into a brothel. She is rescued from it just in time by her former boyfriend, a young motorcycle policeman. Meanwhile, the boy who led her astray dies in a violent car crash after fleeing the law.
Cast
- Helen Foster as Molly Malone
- John Darrow as Buck Randall
- Dorothy Granger as Rita Johnson
- Lane Chandler as Danny McGann
- DeWitt Jennings as Joe Malone
- Mary Carr as Grandmother
- Virginia Pearson as Marie Randeau
- Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Randall
References
- ^ Pitts p.167
Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
- Primrose Path at IMDb
- Primrose Path at the TCM Movie Database
- Primrose Path at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films