The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
1h 10m
Running Time
January 20, 1933Release Date
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
1h 10m
Running Time
January 20, 1933Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Helen MacKellar
Mary Holmes
Eric Linden
Geoffrey Holmes
Jean Arthur
Joan Hoyt
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Ben Pratt
Ivan F. Simpson
Jacob Riggs
Harlan Thompson
Director
Clay Clement
G.K. Ethridge
Slavko Vorkapich
Director
J. Carrol Naish
Gary Kent
Rex Beach
Writer
Roscoe Ates
Bill-poster Klondike
Marion Dix
Writer
Rochelle Hudson
Betty
John Sheehan
Tom Kincaid
Edward Doherty
Writer
Franklin Parker
Brooks
Charles Rosher
Cinematographer
Edward Nugent
Flanagan
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Max Steiner
Music Director
Alfred Herman
Settings
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Bartlett Cormack
Associate Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Past of Mary Holmes is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich, and released by RKO. The film is a remake of the silent film The Goose Woman (1925), which is based on a short story by Rex Beach, partly based on the Hall-Mills murder case.