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The Past of Mary Holmes is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich, and released by RKO. The film is a remake of the silent film The Goose Woman (1925), which is based on a short story by Rex Beach , partly based on the Hall-Mills murder case .
With Helen MacKellar, Eric Linden, Jean Arthur, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher. An alcoholic former opera singer (Helen MacKellar) resents the promising career of her son (Eric Linden) and his recent engagement to an actress (Jean Arthur).
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Harlan Thompson, Slavko Vorkapich
- 1933-01-20
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Determined to free her son, a reformed Mary overwhelms Jacob as he tries to dispose of the murder weapon near her shanty, and with Joan's help, brings the doorman to justice. Once Geoffrey is cleared, Mary burns down her shanty and with it, her past, and prepares for a new life with her son and daughter-in-law.
- Harlan Thompson, George Yohalem
- Helen Mackellar
Famous opera singer Mary Holmes (Helen MacKellar) loses her voice, takes to the gin bottle, and plunges herself and her son Geoffrey (Eric Linden), whom she blames for her impairment, into a gutter existence.
The Past of Mary Holmes. An alcoholic former opera singer (Helen MacKellar) resents the promising career of her son (Eric Linden) and his recent engagement to an actress (Jean...
- 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'.
