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The Past of Mary Holmes

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Helen MacKellar

    Helen MacKellar

    Mary Holmes

  • Eric Linden

    Eric Linden

    Geoffrey Holmes

  • Jean Arthur

    Jean Arthur

    Joan Hoyt

  • Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

    Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

    Ben Pratt

  • Ivan F. Simpson

    Ivan F. Simpson

    Jacob Riggs

  • Clay Clement

    Clay Clement

    G.K. Ethridge

  • J. Carrol Naish

    J. Carrol Naish

    Gary Kent

  • Roscoe Ates

    Roscoe Ates

    Bill-poster Klondike

  • Rochelle Hudson

    Rochelle Hudson

    Betty

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.

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