The Goose Woman
The Goose Woman is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Louise Dresser with Jack Pickford as her son. The film was released by Universal Pictures.[1]
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| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Written by | Rex Beach (story) Melville W. Brown (scenario) Frederica Sagor (uncredited scenario) Dwinelle Benthall (intertitles) |
| Produced by | Universal Pictures |
| Starring | Louise Dresser Jack Pickford Constance Bennett |
| Cinematography | Milton Moore |
| Edited by | Ray Curtiss |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 8 reels at 2,286 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.[1]
Cast
- Louise Dresser as Marie de Nardi / Mary Holmes
- Jack Pickford as Gerald Holmes
- Constance Bennett as Hazel Woods
- George Cooper as A Reporter
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Mr. Vogel
- George Nichols as Detective Lopez
- Marc McDermott as Amos Ethridge
- Spottiswoode Aitken as Jacob Rigg
- James O. Barrows as Unidentified role
- Kate Price as Matron
Reception
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.[2]
References
- Progressive Silent Film List: The Goose Woman at silentera.com
- "The Goose Woman (1925)". UCLA film archives. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
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- The Goose Woman at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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