The Past of Mary Holmes

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It runs a compact 1h 10m.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Edward DohertyWriter
• Slavko VorkapichDirector
• Marion DixWriter
• Harlan ThompsonDirector

Cast

• Helen MacKellarMary Holmes
• Eric LindenGeoffrey Holmes
• Jean ArthurJoan Hoyt
• Richard 'Skeets' GallagherBen Pratt
• Ivan F. SimpsonJacob Riggs
• Clay ClementG.K. Ethridge
• J. Carrol NaishGary Kent
• Roscoe AtesBill-poster Klondike
• Rochelle HudsonBetty
• John SheehanTom Kincaid
• Franklin ParkerBrooks
• Edward NugentFlanagan

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