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The Primrose Path
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Theodore Marston

Cast: Gladys Hanson [Joan Templeton], Hal Forde [Ned Templeton], E. Cooper Willis [Joan’s father], Nina Blake [Helen], William J. Welsh [James Cartwright], E.H. Sothern

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [A Broadway Universal Feature]. / Scenario by M.B. Havey (Maie B. Havey), from the play The Primrose Path by Bayard Veiller. / © 29 November 1915 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP7081]. Released 13 December 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was originally announced to star Julia Dean. The play was subsequently filmed as Burnt Wings (1920). Hirschhorn-Universal p. 19 incorrectly credits the director as Lawrence Martson. Website-IMDb incorrectly credits the director as Lawrence Marston.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 December 2009.

References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.0545, F1.3550; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 19; Tarbox-Lost p. 254 : ClasIm-204 p. C11; UnivWeekly-19150612 p. 6 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.