The Past of Mary Holmes
A DRAMA OF YOUNG LOVE...SMOTHERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE!
1933 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Harlan Thompson, Slavko Vorkapich |
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| Writer: | Edward Doherty, Marion Dix, Rex Beach |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 20, 1933 |
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| Director: | Harlan Thompson, Slavko Vorkapich |
| Writer: | Edward Doherty, Marion Dix, Rex Beach |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | jealousy, alcoholism, pre-code |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Helen MacKellar | Mary Holmes |
| Eric Linden | Geoffrey Holmes |
| Jean Arthur | Joan Hoyt |
| Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | Ben Pratt |
| Ivan F. Simpson | Jacob Riggs |
| Clay Clement | G.K. Ethridge |
| J. Carrol Naish | Gary Kent |
| Roscoe Ates | Bill-poster Klondike |
| Rochelle Hudson | Betty |
| John Sheehan | Tom Kincaid |
| Franklin Parker | Brooks |
| Edward Nugent | Flanagan |
| Jane Darwell |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward Doherty | Writer |
| Frank Redman | Camera Operator |
| Charles L. Kimball | Editor |
| Harry Redmond Sr. | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Marion Dix | Writer |
| Fred Schuessler | Casting |
| Hugh McDowell Jr. | Sound Recordist |
| Rex Beach | Story |
| Harlan Thompson | Director |
| Alfred Herman | Settings |
| George Yohalem | Assistant Director |
| Cecil Cooney | First Assistant Camera |
| Dick Stockton | Casting Assistant |
| Slavko Vorkapich | Director |
| Charles Rosher | Cinematography |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Max Steiner | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bartlett Cormack | Associate Producer |
| David O. Selznick | Executive Producer |
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