The Past of Mary Holmes
1933, English. Directed by Harlan Thompson & Slavko Vorkapich.
A DRAMA OF YOUNG LOVE...SMOTHERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE!
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Harlan ThompsonDirector
- Slavko VorkapichDirector
- Helen MacKellarMary Holmes
- Eric LindenGeoffrey Holmes
- Jean ArthurJoan Hoyt
- Richard 'Skeets' GallagherBen Pratt
- Ivan F. SimpsonJacob Riggs
- Clay ClementG.K. Ethridge
- J. Carrol NaishGary Kent
- Roscoe AtesBill-poster Klondike
- Rochelle HudsonBetty
- John SheehanTom Kincaid
- Franklin ParkerBrooks
- Edward NugentFlanagan
Details
- Released
- 20 January 1933
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Marion Dix, Rex Beach, Edward Doherty
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The Past of Mary Holmes isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 January 1933. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Past of Mary Holmes?
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933) was directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich and stars Helen MacKellar, Eric Linden, Jean Arthur.