The Primrose Path
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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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Cast
11 people
Wallace MacDonald
Bruce Armstrong
Known for
The Rounders
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Clara Bow
Marilyn Merrill
Known for
Wings
It
Arline Pretty
Helen
Also in
A Woman in Grey
The Valley of Doubt
Stuart Holmes
Tom Canfield
Known for
The Man Who Laughs
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Pat Moore
Jimmy Armstrong
Known for
The Ten Commandments
Tom Santschi
Big Joe Snead
Also in
3 Bad Men
Paths to Paradise
Lydia Knott
Mrs. Armstrong
Known for
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Templar Saxe
Dude Talbot
Also in
Gall and Golf
Her Night of Romance
Mike Donlin
Federal Officer Parker
Known for
The General
Spite Marriage
Henry Hall
Court officer
Known for
Our Daily Bread
George Irving
Prosecutor John Morton
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
Island of Lost Souls
Harry O. Hoyt Director · Leah Baird Writer
United States release September 14, 1925 · Produced in United States
Production
Arrow Film Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 14, 1925
Theatrical
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