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The Primrose Path (1934)

The Primrose Path poster
Directed by
Reginald Denham
Genre
romance film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor's wife in a small town must decide between her stable marriage and a passionate affair with a famous writer. The story follows her internal conflict as she weighs safety against excitement.

restrainedmelancholicbittersweetcontemplativequietly romantictensenostalgicslow-burn

What happens

The Primrose Path (also known as Flowery Walk) is a 1934 British romance film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Isobel Elsom, Whitmore Humphries and Max Adrian. It was written by Basil Mason based on the 1934 play Flowery Walk by Joan Temple, and was produced as a quota quickie by Paramount British Pictures. The screenplay concerns a doctor's wife who has to choose between her settled life with her husband in a small town or a more turbulent relationship with a successful writer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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