Primrose Path Page #6

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
116 Views


It ain't that bad a job.

Oh, it ain't that.

It's just that,

well, I'm happier than

I've got any right to be.

You're a funny kid.

Come on. Let's go out

and feed them gulls.

You mean you ain't heard

nothing from Ellie May at all?

She just up and left.

And she had on my best pair

of patent leather slippers.

Well, I hope nothing's happened to her.

I've looked through the death notices

every day, and she ain't in them.

Did you call

the cops?

She ain't in the clink.

We'd have heard.

Ho ho. You still worried over Ellie May?

It must be a fella.

Well, she's old enough

to have a fella.

Maybe she's run off with a

hobo, like you tried to do once.

Ellie May can take care

of herself.

It's a wonder she wouldn't

let us see him.

It's about time that

somebody in this family

landed something

beside a mini-fish.

Oh, say, mame, how about stepping on it?

We don't own that taxicab, you know.

I know, but, honey, I've misplaced

my best hat with the plumes on it.

Where'd you put it?

Well, now, the last time

I had it was in there.

Maybe Homer traded

it for a bottle of gin.

Now, look at that.

Oh, look at that,

now, will you?

Now, ain't she a scream?

She's a riot.

You can't stop her.

Come here

and give me that.

I want to go with you

and Thelma.

Oh, ho ho!

Come here.

You've been at

my perfumery again.

I ain't been at it.

That ain't

your natural smell.

Oh, there's the mailman!

If Ellie May was

like her,

we wouldn't have much

to worry about.

Oh, quit fretting

about Ellie May.

Say, mame, you better keep

your eye on that waistline.

It's beginning

to spread.

I ain't 16 no more.

Oh, well,

with the new corsets,

you ain't got nothing

to worry about.

You said it.

Where'd you get that?

From the mailbox.

What's that?

You're sure it wasn't

in mrs. Espinoza's mailbox?

Now, what is it?

Why, it's for me.

Wonder what's here.

Maybe it's a bomb.

Hurry up and open it.

Maybe it's presents.

Now, stop it. That's all you're

thinking about is presents.

Oh...

it's my fox fur.

It's from Ellie May.

Where is she?

Doesn't say.

She's doing all right.

Don't take it

so hard, Pete.

The first 100 years of

married life's the worst.

Now, I'm telling you.

You're telling me.

Fresh out of cherry pie. You

think you can stand huckleberry?

It don't make

no difference.

All our pies taste

just the same. Hi, al.

Hello, Ellie. Hello, Pete. Hello, Ed.

Didn't think you'd be coming

back here after eating here once.

I'm gonna see how long I can

eat here without throwing up.

Here, let me take a look at

you. Stick your tongue out.

You ain't gonna last

long, brother.

Here, let me see. Oh, i

know what's good for that-

some nice irish stew,

made out of some old

inner tubes.

Oh, you can't tell,

'cause it's hid under gravy.

I'll take it and a side dish of arsenic.

While you're waiting, you

can be chewing on some celery.

Oh.

One stew.

Delicious!

What will you have? Some

coffee and a sandwich?

Want some pie?

Best food I had

in here yet.

How about

a little stretch?

Well, we

certainly made some time.

Well, you're in fast company, dearie.

Say, big boy, how about

some of that snappy service?

Yes, ma'am.

Fill 'er up?

No, just look at the

oil and water. All right.

What's the matter with elmer?

Aw, he's passed out again.

Hee hee hee!

Wake up, elmer.

You're slipping,

big boy.

Oh, let him

sleep it off.

Oh, say,

I want to help.

What's this for?

Oh, that's the water.

Where do you put it?

Oh, right in there.

Here, I'll do it.

No, no, I want to do it.

Ooh, boy!

I always wanted to work

around a gas station.

The old gal's feeling

pretty high.

Ain't we got fun?

I always wanted to

work around a gas station...

poor old Ed's got

his hands full.

You'll

get us all wet!

Aw, look, honey!

You got me all wet!

You sure get a lot of

entertainment around here, boy.

Let's wake elmer up.

Come on.

If you get anything on my

new dress, I'll slaughter you!

Ah, come on. We only live once.

That guy in the backseat

sure got a shower he didn't expect.

Stop it!

Aw, quit, mame,

will you?

Listen, you know

who she is, don't you?

I never saw her

before.

That's Mamie Adams, from

over primrose hill way.

And who is she?

It ain't so much who she

is, if you know what I mean.

What right have you got

to talk about people

when you don't know

nothing about them?

I didn't say anything

about you.

Can't people have

a little fun out of life

without some mealy-mouthed guy like

you saying mean things about them?

Listen, lady, I was only telling him-

she may be good and kind

and wonderful

for all you know.

What's the matter?

I'm sorry, grampy. I didn't

know what I was saying.

Did he say something

you didn't like?

No, he didn't mean

nothing.

Because if he did-

I didn't say anything-

hey, what did he do?

Make a crack about Ellie?

What is this? I didn't

say anything to her.

I was just telling him

about who Mamie Adams-

listen, mister, this is

no place for wisecracks.

Take off your glasses!

Why should I take off

my glasses?

I simply came in here

to get a cup of coffee!

Now, there you are! I don't

have to eat in a joint like this.

I make an innocent remark,

and I get in a great big

argument with a bunch of country...

did you hear what he said? No.

A lot of action going around

here today. Who was that guy?

Oh, I don't know.

Some fresh guy.

I was going

to let him have one.

He made a crack about

Ellie. Oh, he did, did he?

Now, wait a minute. Nobody

said anything about Ellie May.

Well, he made her

sore, didn't he?

The whole thing's

a mistake.

Ain't nobody gonna say nothing

about Ellie May while I'm around.

It was a mistake.

It better be.

Well, it was.

You know al-

how he always gets

balled-up about everything.

Why don't you let me

do the dishes?

Oh, I don't mind

doing them, grampy.

Aw, don't let a thing

like that upset you.

I'm all right now.

Chico, you'd better go out

and look after the customers.

Si.

Ooh, gosh.

Ain't there a lot, huh? A lot

more than there was yesterday.

When there ain't no dishes to

wash, that's the time to complain.

I still don't know what happened

between Ellie May and that guy.

Ask benny. He knows

more about it than I do.

How about it, benny?

What happened?

Well, when that old girl was

squirting water out there,

this guy says to me,

"do you know who she is?"

And I say,

"i don't know her."

And he said, uh... what'd

he say her name was?

Oh, I don't know.

A Mamie something

from primrose hill.

Wherever that is.

Yeah, I think I know.

It's the other side

of town.

You ever seen this one?

That's an old guy

taking a bath.

Oh!

Ha!

That's what my schoolteacher

did when I showed it to her.

Well, she should have. Come

on, now. I'm way ahead of you.

Oh, you can't work

all the time.

People's got to laugh.

Ho ho ho ho!

How about letting me in on the joke?

Oh, you wouldn't know one

if you heard one.

Oh,

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