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.
Cast
Helen MacKellar
Mary Holmes
Eric Linden
Geoffrey Holmes
Jean Arthur
Joan Hoyt
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Ben Pratt
Ivan F. Simpson
Jacob Riggs
Clay Clement
G.K. Ethridge
J. Carrol Naish
Gary Kent
Roscoe Ates
Bill-poster Klondike
Rochelle Hudson
Betty
John Sheehan
Tom Kincaid
Franklin Parker
Brooks
Edward Nugent
Flanagan
Jane Darwell
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Crew
Harlan Thompson
Director
Slavko Vorkapich
Director
Marion Dix
Writer
Edward Doherty
Writer
Rex Beach
Story
Charles L. Kimball
Editor
Charles Rosher
Cinematography
George Yohalem
Assistant Director
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Bartlett Cormack
Associate Producer
Frank Redman
Camera Operator
Cecil Cooney
First Assistant Camera
Dick Stockton
Casting Assistant
Fred Schuessler
Casting
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Hugh McDowell Jr.
Sound Recordist
Harry Redmond Sr.
Special Effects Supervisor
Max Steiner
Music Director
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Alfred Herman
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