The Past of Mary Holmes
movie
A DRAMA OF YOUNG LOVE...SMOTHERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE!
Released January 20, 1933
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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.
Cast
Helen MacKellar
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Mary Holmes
Eric Linden
as
Geoffrey Holmes
Jean Arthur
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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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Franklin Parker
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Brooks
Edward Nugent
as
Flanagan
Crew
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Harlan Thompson
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Director
Slavko Vorkapich
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Director
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Rex Beach
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Story
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Marion Dix
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Writer
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Edward Doherty
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Writer
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Bartlett Cormack
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Associate Producer
David O. Selznick
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Executive Producer
Charles Rosher
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Cinematography
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Charles L. Kimball
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Editor
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Fred Schuessler
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Casting
Van Nest Polglase
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Art Direction
Walter Plunkett
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Costume Design