Helen MacKellar
Mary Holmes
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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
Based on Mary's drunken testimony, Geoffrey, who is unaware of his mother's misguided accusations, is indicted on circumstantial evidence by a grand jury. Although Mary denies her previous testimony when she sees that Geoffrey is the defendant, Geoffrey is found guilty and is condemned to die.
- 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 Arthur).
- Drama
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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'.
