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The Past of Mary Holmes

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.

1933 |1h 10m |  Drama

Cast

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Helen MacKellar

Mary Holmes

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Eric Linden

Geoffrey Holmes

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Jean Arthur

Joan Hoyt

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Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Ben Pratt

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Ivan F. Simpson

Jacob Riggs

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Clay Clement

G.K. Ethridge

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J. Carrol Naish

Gary Kent

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Roscoe Ates

Bill-poster Klondike

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Rochelle Hudson

Betty

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John Sheehan

Tom Kincaid

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Edward Nugent

Flanagan

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Jane Darwell

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Status

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Language

English

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