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Auction History Result c199 PAST OF MARY HOLMES glass slide '33 early Arthur! Date Sold 8/9/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Glass Slide (measures approximately 3" x 4") (Learn More) The Past of Mary Holmes, the 1933 Harlan Thompson & Slavko Vorkapich romantic infidelity family relationship murder mystery melodrama ("Their guiltless love blasted by a mother's bitter years!"; "Thrilling drama of young love shadowed by a mother's hate!"; "From the story, 'The Goose Woman' by Rex Beach"; about a washed up aging opera star who accuses her own son of murder, in order to return her to the limelight; apparently, she blamed her son for causing the end of her career, because the experience of childbirth somehow ruined her voice!; her son has a beautiful girlfriend, played by a young Jean Arthur!) starring Eric Linden, Helen MacKellar (in the title role as Mary Holmes), Jean Arthur, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, J. Carrol Naish, and Rochelle Hudson. Note that this movie was very loosely based on one of the most memorable crimes of the early 20th century, which occurred in 1922 when a minister and a woman who sang in his choir were found murdered together, and evidence was found at the scene that showed they had been having an affair. If that wasn't strange enough, a woman appeared who said she witnessed the murder, and because she raised pigs, she was called "The Pig Woman" by the press, and after many conflicting stories, she was shown to be completely lying, but the public was enthralled with the case for quite some time (although strangely, the case was never solved). Noted author Rex Beach based his book "The Goose Woman" loosely on this case, but changing several important details in order to avoid being sued, and of course, Hollywood made it into a sensational movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Glass slides were designed to be put in a special projector that would project the image onto a movie screen (they use exactly the same concept as 35mm slides). We have taken a digital photo of each that shows the general condition of the overall slide and holder, and we have also made a digital scan that shows the glass image well, but does not show the holder (except as a dark outline). Condition: fine. This glass slide is in really excellent condition, and we feel that EVERY collector would be happy to own it. It IS possible it may have a MINOR defect or defects, but nothing at all significant. But we bet many dealers would call items in this grade "mint" or "near mint"! Learn More about condition grades 
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