The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
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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Helen MacKellar
as Mary Holmes
as Mary Holmes
Eric Linden
as Geoffrey Holmes
as Geoffrey Holmes
Jean Arthur
as Joan Hoyt
as Joan Hoyt
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
as Ben Pratt
as Ben Pratt
Ivan F. Simpson
as Jacob Riggs
as Jacob Riggs
Clay Clement
as G.K. Ethridge
as G.K. Ethridge
J. Carrol Naish
as Gary Kent
as Gary Kent
Roscoe Ates
as Bill-poster Klondike
as Bill-poster Klondike
Rochelle Hudson
as Betty
as Betty
John Sheehan
as Tom Kincaid
as Tom Kincaid
Franklin Parker
as Brooks
as Brooks
Edward Nugent
as Flanagan
as Flanagan
Jane Darwell
as
as
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Alfred Herman
Settings
Settings
Max Steiner
Music Director
Music Director
Rex Beach
Story
Story
Edward Doherty
Writer
Writer
Charles Rosher
Cinematography
Cinematography
Cecil Cooney
First Assistant Camera
First Assistant Camera
Fred Schuessler
Casting
Casting
Charles L. Kimball
Editor
Editor
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Costume Design
Frank Redman
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Slavko Vorkapich
Director
Director
Bartlett Cormack
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
George Yohalem
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Art Direction
Harry Redmond Sr.
Special Effects Supervisor
Special Effects Supervisor
Marion Dix
Writer
Writer
Dick Stockton
Casting Assistant
Casting Assistant
Harlan Thompson
Director
Director
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Hugh McDowell Jr.
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
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