Desc: The Purple Highway: Directed by Henry Kolker. With Madge Kennedy, Monte Blue, Vincent Coleman, Pedro de Cordoba. Two inmates and a cleaning girl at a home for struggling artists achieve success and fame when they pool their talents and produce a smash hit Broadway musical. Edgar (Monte Blue), the playwright, is in love with April (Madge Kennedy), the ex- leading lady, but she doesn't discover that she loves him until it's almost too late.