The Past of Mary Holmes

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 20, 1933

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast

John Sheehan,Clay Clement,Roscoe Ates,Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher,J. Carrol Naish,Ivan F. Simpson,Eric Linden,Franklin Parker,Jean Arthur,Edward Nugentand 3 more

Director

Harlan Thompson,Slavko Vorkapich

Writer

Edward Doherty,Rex Beach,Marion Dix

Producer

David O. Selznick

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0024431