The Past of Mary HolmesMovie
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.
About The Past of Mary Holmes
The Past of Mary Holmes is a 1933 drama movie directed by Slavko Vorkapich, Harlan Thompson.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 10m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Helen MacKellar, Eric Linden, Jean Arthur, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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