| Release Date: | Mar 1940 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. |
| Runtime: | 93 min |
| Cast: | Ginger Rogers (Ellie May Adams) Joel McCrea (Ed Wallace) Marjorie Rambeau (Mamie Adams) Henry Travers (Gramp) Miles Mander (Homer Adams) Queenie Vassar (Grandma) Joan Carroll (Honeybell Adams) Vivienne Osborne (Thelma) Carmen Morales (Carmelita) Ernie Adams (Man in Bluebell (uncredited)) Mara Alexander (Girl in Bluebell (uncredited)) Bobby Barber (Benny, Man in Diner (uncredited)) Ray Cooke (Man clueing in Ed (uncredited)) Herbert Corthell (Herb (man getting gas) (uncredited)) Jacqueline Dalya (Dalya (Carmelita's friend) (uncredited)) Edgar Dearing (Motorcycle policeman (uncredited)) Jack Gardner (Jake's friend in diner (uncredited)) Jack Gargan (Al, Man in Diner (uncredited)) Lawrence Gleason Jr. (Boy (uncredited)) Charlie Hall (Man in Diner (uncredited)) Grace Hayle (Drunk's wife leaving Bluebell...) Robert Emmett Keane (Gossip in diner (uncredited)) Donald Kerr (Sailor in Bluebell (uncredited)) Charles Lane (Mr. 'Smitty' Smith / Hawkins...) Larry McGrath (Jake Halpern (man in diner) (uncredited)) Matt McHugh (Drunk leaving Bluebell (uncredited)) Frank Mills (Taxi driver (uncredited)) Gene Morgan (Gene 'Smith' (uncredited)) Nestor Paiva (Bluebell manager (uncredited)) Bob Perry (Bluebell bartender (uncredited)) Lorin Raker (Man in Diner (uncredited)) Charles Williams (Man in Diner (uncredited)) |
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.
