The Past of Mary Holmes
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Mary Holmes
Geoffrey Holmes
Joan Hoyt
Ben Pratt
Jacob Riggs
G.K. Ethridge
Gary Kent
Bill-poster Klondike
Betty
Tom Kincaid
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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.
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1933-01-20
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A DRAMA OF YOUNG LOVE...SMOTHERED BY A MOTHER'S LOVE!
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