The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
Primrose PATH To Open
At Carolina On Monday
Ginger Rogers And Joel
MeCrea Are Stars In De-
lightful Picture

Ono of the most CoillpoI' Sooso
olt n appear in a topfight Holly
ever ~ abduction adorns the pic
Woo0 DfPrimrose Path" which pre-
turt, Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea,
sglir Rambeau, Henry Trav-
Msl! Miles Mander, Queenie Vassar
els, little Joan Carroll opens a
. a,a engagement tomorrow at
the carlina Theatre.
'H The Ginger Rogers of Primrose
~ differs radically r. O m the
faDc Ginger of past films. Gone
1amor present is a dramatic
- no+Tess, playing to the hilt the I'M
ear+nnate daughter of a sordid fam
i \, from the wrong part OF town. A
c;nger Rogers never before even
binted at carries on.
loci McCrea, star Of more than
ettv hollywood productions, goes
i,lrt &C far down-to-earth as a wat
orfront Romeo and destauranteur
ubose status is somewhat above
that of the neighborhood.
From the New York Guild The
stre is Henry Travers, who plays
the sympathetic Grandpa of the
drama. One of the originators of
the group in 1919, he remained
with it for fourteen consecutive
,easons. Now he alternates be-
tween the boards and the screen in
;mportant character roles, as in
You Can't Take 1t With YOU"
THE Rains Came" and STANLEY
and Livingstone"
Another artist of both stage and
screen is Marjorie Rambeau, who
plays the golddigger mother of
Ginger. On the New York stage,
when scarcely sixteen, she scored
in such hits as Kick In," 80
Much For So Much" Cheating
Cheaters," and many others. She
made her first big film hit as Bella
in Min and Bill' and has since
been a prominent player in more
than two-score films.
Primrose Path" introduces to
film audiences Queenie Vassar, lit
orally the queen of the gay nineties
era, the most colorful figure to
make a debut on the screen this
season. She trod the boards with
such memorable figures as Lillian
Russell, Sarah Bernhard, Lily
Langtry, and Fanny Davenport.
Now she comes to films as the sor-
did, frilly grandma of Ginger Rog-
ers.
Miles Mander, as the drunken,
frustrated father in primrose
PATH" is one of the entertainment
fields most versatile celebrities.
He has directed many motion pic
ture hits, discovered such present
stars as Madeleine Carroll a n d
Freddie Bartholomew, and deliv-
cred vivid character portrayals in
innumerable films. Now he scores
again as the perpetually drunken
father Of Miss Rogers.
When a feminine star foregoes
glamorous buds, all makeup and
ever hides her browning glory I'M
der a dye job in preparation for a
role-then her respect for her act
ing art must be bona fide.
That's what Hollywood folks are
saying about Ginger Rogers who
submitted to the triple de-glamori-
cation for the part of Ellie May in
Primrose Path"
Ginger's first step was a shop
ping tour. Accompanied by Renie,
dress styles, she took along at
$40 bill, returned with the en-
tire picture wardrobe n d had
change left over.
Her bargains comprised two cot
ton wash dresses, a boys leather
Jacket, two cheap red = and = green
plald skirts, four sweaters and four
dresses of some sleazy material.
~ cheap out-moded hat, worn
tennis sneakers and a pair of bat
tered shoes with turnover heels
supplied by the star herself, COM
pleted the ensemble.
IN order to give the role all char
acter and as little Ginger Rogers
ss possible, it was decided to have
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