The Past of Mary Holmes
A DRAMA OF YOUNG LOVE...SMOTHERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE!
1933 · 1h 10m · Passed Drama
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The Past of Mary Holmes
Overview
Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan that he is an illegitimate birth.
Director and cast
- Helen MacKellar as Mary Holmes
- Eric Linden as Geoffrey Holmes
- Jean Arthur as Joan Hoyt
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Ben Pratt
- Ivan F. Simpson as Jacob Riggs
- Clay Clement as G.K. Ethridge
- J. Carrol Naish as Gary Kent
- Roscoe Ates as Bill-poster Klondike
- Rochelle Hudson as Betty
- John Sheehan as Tom Kincaid
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