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The Past of Mary Holmes

The Past of Mary Holmes

# A DRAMA OF YOUNG LOVE...SMOTHERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE!
Drama
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1933-01-20
⌚ Running Time: 70 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Helen MacKellar original image
Mary Holmes
Helen MacKellar
Eric Linden original image
Geoffrey Holmes
Eric Linden
Jean Arthur original image
Joan Hoyt
Jean Arthur
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher original image
Ben Pratt
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Ivan F. Simpson original image
Jacob Riggs
Ivan F. Simpson
Clay Clement original image
G.K. Ethridge
Clay Clement
J. Carrol Naish original image
Gary Kent
J. Carrol Naish
Roscoe Ates original image
Bill-poster Klondike
Roscoe Ates
Rochelle Hudson original image
Betty
Rochelle Hudson
John Sheehan original image
Tom Kincaid
John Sheehan
Franklin Parker original image
Brooks
Franklin Parker
Edward Nugent original image
Flanagan
Edward Nugent
Jane Darwell original image
Jane Darwell

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