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The Goose Woman is a 1925 silent film drama directed by Clarence Brown and starring Louise Dresser with Jack Pickford as her son. The film was released by Universal Pictures.
The Rex Beach short story is based in part on the then already sensational Hall-Mills murder case in which a woman named Jane Gibson is described as a pig woman because of the pigs she raised on her property.Both critics and audiences favorably received the film. The Goose Woman was remade in 1933 as The Past of Mary Holmes featuring Helen MacKellar and Jean Arthur.
Original Release
08/03/1925
US Release
08/03/1925
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Pickford | Gerald Holmes |
| Louise Dresser | Marie de Nardi / Mary Holmes |
| Constance Bennett | Hazel Woods |
| Marc McDermott | Amos Ethridge |
| Spottiswoode Aitken | Jacob Rigg |
| James O. Barrows | Chief of Detectives Kelly |
| George Nichols | Detective Lopez |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | Mr. Vogel |
| George Cooper | Reporter |
| Kate Price | Matron |
Directors
Writers
Rex Beach, Dwinelle Benthall, Melville W. Brown, Frederica Sagor Maas
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jack Pickford | Gerald Holmes |
| Louise Dresser | Marie de Nardi / Mary Holmes |
| Constance Bennett | Hazel Woods |
| Marc McDermott | Amos Ethridge |
| Spottiswoode Aitken | Jacob Rigg |
| James O. Barrows | Chief of Detectives Kelly |
| George Nichols | Detective Lopez |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | Mr. Vogel |
| George Cooper | Reporter |
| Kate Price | Matron |
