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Auction History Result Lot #: 008 PAST OF MARY HOLMES paperbacked 1sheet  Date Sold 12/13/1993Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Hollywood Posters 5  Only $60The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. However, you can buy the auction catalog it appears in using the "Order" button above. An Original Vintage Paperbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh) (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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: Very Good. Learn More about condition grades 
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