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The Primrose Path

5.819251h MovieDrama

Alcoholic playboy Wallace MacDonald (as Bruce Armstrong) would like to sober up and become more responsible, after a drinking accident causes him to cripple little brother Pat Moore (as Jimmy Armstrong). Still, the lure of liquor makes him…

DirectorHarry O. Hoyt
WriterLeah Baird

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Cast · Directed by Harry O. Hoyt

WMWallace MacDonald
Wallace MacDonald
Bruce Armstrong
CBClara Bow
Clara Bow
Marilyn Merrill
APArline Pretty
Arline Pretty
Helen
SHStuart Holmes
Stuart Holmes
Tom Canfield
PMPat Moore
Pat Moore
Jimmy Armstrong
TSTom Santschi
Tom Santschi
Big Joe Snead
LKLydia Knott
Lydia Knott
Mrs. Armstrong
TSTemplar Saxe
Templar Saxe
Dude Talbot
MDMike Donlin
Mike Donlin
Federal Officer Parker
HHHenry Hall
Henry Hall
Court officer
GIGeorge Irving
George Irving
Prosecutor John Morton

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