Film

The Past of Mary Holmes

1933 · 1h 10m · Drama

A DRAMA OF YOUNG LOVE...SMOTHERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE!

IMDb

6.6

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.

Helen MacKellar

Mary Holmes

Eric Linden

Geoffrey Holmes

Jean Arthur

Joan Hoyt

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Ben Pratt

Ivan F. Simpson

Jacob Riggs

Clay Clement

G.K. Ethridge

J. Carrol Naish

Gary Kent

Roscoe Ates

Bill-poster Klondike

Rochelle Hudson

Betty

John Sheehan

Tom Kincaid

Franklin Parker

Brooks

Edward Nugent

Flanagan

Jane Darwell

• Harlan ThompsonDirector
• Slavko VorkapichDirector
• Marion DixWriter
• Edward DohertyWriter
• Rex BeachStory
• David O. SelznickExecutive Producer
• Charles L. KimballEditor
• Fred SchuesslerCasting

Release date

January 20, 1933

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama

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