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The Primrose Path (1925)
Directed by Harry O. Hoyt
Overview
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.
Length 60 minutes
Actors
Wallace MacDonald | Clara Bow | Arline Pretty | Stuart Holmes | Pat Moore | Tom Santschi | Lydia Knott | Templar Saxe | Mike Donlin | Henry Hall | George Irving