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"Primrose Path" quotes

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A young woman from a family of prostitutes falls in love with a hard-working man, but when he finds out the truth about her background, their romance becomes jeopardized.

Director: Gregory La Cava
Writer: Allan Scott, Gregory La Cava, Robert L. Buckner
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, romance
Year: 1940
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.9
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 22 Mar 1940
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
Pa went to the library to find out something about them Greeks - Primrose Path 00:11 Pa went to the library to find out something about them... Sounds like that big baboon's back again - Primrose Path 00:06 Sounds like that big baboon's back again You want another spanking I won't take no orders from him - Primrose Path 00:06 You want another spanking I won't take no orders from... Honeybell are you too lazy to sweep that dirt out the door - Primrose Path 00:11 Honeybell are you too lazy to sweep that dirt out the door You get to bed - Primrose Path 00:06 You get to bed Just because she made - Primrose Path 00:33 Just because she made You will All the women in this family are soft in the head MOTORBIKE ENGINE - Primrose Path 00:07 You will All the women in this family are soft in the head... You're as green as a salad - Primrose Path 00:05 You're as green as a salad Honeybell did you give Ed a kiss Why should I He didn't bring me nothin' - Primrose Path 00:13 Honeybell did you give Ed a kiss Why should I He didn't... Have you washed for supper You look sweaty Horses sweat Ladies feel the heat - Primrose Path 00:07 Have you washed for supper You look sweaty Horses sweat... Quit frettin' about Ellie May Say Mame that waistline of yours is starting to spread - Primrose Path 00:12 Quit frettin' about Ellie May Say Mame that waistline... You mean you didn't love Pa when you married him That's different - Primrose Path 00:32 You mean you didn't love Pa when you married him... What's the matter - Primrose Path 00:05 What's the matter We made good time You're in fast company Hey big boy how about some snappy service - Primrose Path 00:08 We made good time You're in fast company Hey big boy... Where did you learn them words - Primrose Path 00:09 Where did you learn them words Benny says I says you says What difference does it make - Primrose Path 00:06 Benny says I says you says What difference does it make Is that you Ellie May - Primrose Path 00:40 Is that you Ellie May Your folks is all right ain't they It ain't what people IS it's what other people thinks about 'em - Primrose Path 00:08 Your folks is all right ain't they It ain't what... You suppose Homer will be in for supper Probably if he didn't fall in that ditch again - Primrose Path 00:12 You suppose Homer will be in for supper Probably if he... Think you're the Wild Man of Borneo Why'd you stop us Time somebody did - Primrose Path 00:07 Think you're the Wild Man of Borneo Why'd you stop... How'd you know Your face and neck's the same colour Them Portagee girls rouge up a lot - Primrose Path 00:07 How'd you know Your face and neck's the same... I never said you WOULD I said you could have I wouldn't have All right - Primrose Path 00:16 I never said you WOULD I said you could have I wouldn't... You'd think you'd never been kissed before Well I ain't - Primrose Path 00:20 You'd think you'd never been kissed before Well I... Looks like I'm going to jail He can't do that to you That's the way it looks - Primrose Path 00:07 Looks like I'm going to jail He can't do that to... Say who IS that kid anyhow If you could get your mind off women for five minutes - Primrose Path 00:13 Say who IS that kid anyhow If you could get your mind off... That's more repartee ain't it Don't nothing get a rise out of you - Primrose Path 00:09 That's more repartee ain't it Don't nothing... Don't heed him His mind wanders Maybe it never came back - Primrose Path 00:06 Don't heed him His mind wanders Maybe it never came... Them Portagee gals will laugh at anything - Primrose Path 00:08 Them Portagee gals will laugh at anything Silk stockings ain't for a girl that acts like a boy - Primrose Path 00:07 Silk stockings ain't for a girl that acts like a boy Look at them eyes Like two grapes floatin' around in his head - Primrose Path 00:11 Look at them eyes Like two grapes floatin' around in... Oh Poor Homer Your eyes are all red and watery - Primrose Path 00:10 Oh Poor Homer Your eyes are all red and watery Run away dear Run away before you get like the rest of us - Primrose Path 00:06 Run away dear Run away before you get like the rest of us What do you wear pigtails for Well if fellas think you're a kid they leave you be - Primrose Path 00:17 What do you wear pigtails for Well if fellas think... Oh well We live not as we wish to but as we can - Primrose Path 00:18 Oh well We live not as we wish to but as we can The work Homer does takes brains - Primrose Path 00:21 The work Homer does takes brains Oh poor Homer Got no gin left That's what's the matter with him - Primrose Path 00:13 Oh poor Homer Got no gin left That's what's the... I ain't gonna stop you And Ma confidential he wanted to marry me - Primrose Path 00:20 I ain't gonna stop you And Ma confidential he wanted to... Honeybell you ain't got no cause to lie It ain't refined - Primrose Path 00:05 Honeybell you ain't got no cause to lie It ain't... Don't you think maybe you drink too much Pa It's only a substitute - Primrose Path 00:28 Don't you think maybe you drink too much Pa It's... Pa still sick Still sleeping off his hangover you mean - Primrose Path 00:06 Pa still sick Still sleeping off his hangover you mean So her letter said What's the idea of them pigtails - Primrose Path 00:12 So her letter said What's the idea of them pigtails What's them kids makin' that noise out there about - Primrose Path 00:15 What's them kids makin' that noise out there about The world would be better off with no people in it - Primrose Path 00:05 The world would be better off with no people in it

Cast

Ellie May Adams - Ginger Rogers
Ed Wallace - Joel McCrea
Mamie Adams - Marjorie Rambeau
Homer - Miles Mander