The Primrose Path (film)
Encyclopedia
The Primrose Path is a 1934 British
romance film
directed by Reginald Denham
and starring Isobel Elsom
, Whitmore Humphries and Max Adrian
. A doctor's wife has to choose between her settled life with her husband in a small town or a more turbulent relationship with a successful artist. It was based on a play by Joan Temple.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Reginald Denham
Reginald Denham
Reginald Denham was an English writer, theater and film director, actor and film producer.Denham was born in London, England in 1894....
and starring Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom
Isobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...
, Whitmore Humphries and Max Adrian
Max Adrian
Max Adrian was a Northern Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre....
. A doctor's wife has to choose between her settled life with her husband in a small town or a more turbulent relationship with a successful artist. It was based on a play by Joan Temple.
Cast
- Isobel ElsomIsobel ElsomIsobel Elsom was an English screen, stage, and television actress.-Career:Born as Isobel Jeannette Reed in Cambridge, England, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train...
- Brenda Dorland - Whitmore Humphries - David Marlow
- Max AdrianMax AdrianMax Adrian was a Northern Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre....
- Julian Leigh - Virginia FieldVirginia FieldVirginia Field was a British-born film actress.Born Margaret Cynthia Field in London, her father was the judge of England's Leicester County Court Circuit. Her mother was a cousin of Robert E...
- Ianthe Dorland - Gordon McLeodGordon McLeod (actor)Gordon McLeod was an English actor, born Charles Gordon McLeod.His film appearances include Chance of a Lifetime and The Silent Passenger, but he is best known for his recurring appearance as the character Claud Eustace Teal in films such as The Saint Meets the Tiger.-Selected filmography:* A...
- Doctor Dorland - Helen FerrersHelen Ferrers-Selected filmography:* Sally in Our Alley * Help Yourself * Summer Lightning * Born Lucky * Guest of Honour * The Primrose Path * Get Your Man * Look Up and Laugh...
- Mrs Hassee - Ethel Stuart - Fortune