Primrose Path

The producers had to make drastic alterations to this play in order to prepare it for the eyes of the Joe Breen Censorship Office. Emphasis was switched from the harridan grandmother to the granddaughter in order to provide a starring vehicle for Rogers who dyed that gorgeous blonde hair black for no apparent reason. Rogers and Carroll are sisters who live with their mother, Rambeau, their father, Mander and their aged grandmother, Vassar. Rambeau earns her living as an over-the-hill prostitute to support Mander's drinking and the others' eating. McCrea, a fine young man who works at a beachfront hamburger stand, meets Rogers, and the two fall in love. Rogers is th...