Primrose Path Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Gregory La Cava
Production: RKO Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.0
APPROVED
Year:
1940
93 min
98 Views


yeah, you missed! Ow!

It's a shame to waste a good

smell in a place like this.

Well, maybe we'll go

steppin' sometime, huh?

Why not? You can always play

a new tune on an old fiddle!

Well, you're just as young

as you feel, ma. Sure.

Say, got some coffee, hon?

I'll make you a fresh cup.

Bye-bye.

Say,

is this genuine?

Say, nothing else but.

That fella must have

an oil well somewhere.

Say, ma, listen. Say, I says

to him, I said, "mr. Hawkins,

"if you want to throw your money

away, it's all right with me.

I ain't gonna be

the one to stop you."

And, ma, confidential-

he wanted to marry me.

No!

He did!

And I says, "now,

look here, mr. Hawkins,

one husband at a time's

enough, ain't it?"

And he laughed

fit to kill.

He must be a god.

Oh, he's a god

and very refined.

It's too bad Homer

don't do you a favor

and get run over

or something.

Oh, ma. Poor Homer. Somebody

has to look after him.

And of course it's got to be you. Sure.

Isn't it customary for a wife

to look after her husband when he's ill,

instead of chasing

around with other men?

Hello, Homer.

Are you still alive?

Ain't you feeling

well, baby?

Look at them eyes. Looks

like a couple of grapes

floating around

in his head.

You might reserve

your acid wit

for someone

of your own class.

Wasn't no drunks

in my family.

One tiny virtue

is not sufficient

to counteract your

other endowments.

Big words ain't

going to help that hangover.

Ma, leave him be. Come

on, now. That's a good boy.

That's it.

That's a boy.

There.

Oh. Working on

your book, Homer?

What difference does

that make to you?

I was telling mr. Hawkins, a friend

of Thelma's, what a smart man you was.

You don't have to

further my humiliation.

Why, Homer, nobody's

humiliating nobody.

Who is this Hawkins? What kind

of a woman is your friend Thelma?

Where have you been?

What have you been doing?

I've been to the fair

and had some fun.

Don't you want your Mamie

to have a good time?

Look, Mamie, I...

oh, my poor Homer.

Eyes are all red

and watery.

My eyes are red

with shame.

Why, Homer, you ain't done

nothin' to be ashamed of.

Slinking up back alleys with my

collar turned up to hide my disgrace.

Now, honey-bun, you know how

upset you get after drinking.

I can't stand it

any longer.

I'll put an end to myself

- that's what I'll do.

Homer, you give that to me.

Give it right to me.

I only gave it to you because

you was afraid of burglars.

Now, you mustn't

play with it.

Someday I'll do it. Someday

I'll have the courage.

Now, don't you want your

Mamie to rub your head for you,

like a good

little boy?

I'm not a little boy.

I'm ill!

Why, of course you are.

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