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The Primrose Path (1925)
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 to sneak drinks at home, and go out partying with carefree showgirl Clara Bow (as Marilyn Merrill). He's promised Ms. Bow he'll quit drinking and gambling. Further complicating Mr. MacDonald's life are the bad checks he's been accumulating. Nasty Stuart Holmes (as Tom Canfield) and Tom Santschi (as "Big Joe" Snead) force MacDonald to join their diamond smuggling racket, in lieu of payment.
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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 to sneak drinks at home, and go out partying with carefree showgirl Clara Bow (as Marilyn Merrill). He's promised Ms. Bow he'll quit drinking and gambling. Further complicating Mr. MacDonald's life are the bad checks he's been accumulating. Nasty Stuart Holmes (as Tom Canfield) and Tom Santschi (as "Big Joe" Snead) force MacDonald to join their diamond smuggling racket, in lieu of payment.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Leah Baird
In Theaters:9/14/1925
Box Office:
Runtime:60 minutes
Studio:Arrow Film Corporation
Cast
Harry O. Hoyt
Director
Wallace MacDonald
Bruce Armstrong
Clara Bow
Marilyn Merrill
Arline Pretty
Helen
Stuart Holmes
Tom Canfield
Pat Moore
Jimmy Armstrong
Tom Santschi
Big Joe Snead
Lydia Knott
Mrs. Armstrong
Templar Saxe
Dude Talbot
Mike Donlin
Federal Officer Parker
Henry Hall
Court officer
George Irving
Prosecutor John Morton
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