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{{short description|1929 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Trespasser | image = Trespasser Poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = [[Edmund Goulding]] | producer = [[Joseph P. Kennedy]] | writer = Edmund Goulding | narrator = | starring = [[Gloria Swanson]]<br/>[[Robert Ames (actor)|Robert Ames]] | music = [[Josiah Zoro]]<br>Edmund Goulding (song "[[Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere]]", [[Elsie Janis]] lyrics) | cinematography = [[George Barnes (cinematographer)|George Barnes]]<br/>[[Gregg Toland]] | editing = [[Cyril Gardner]] | distributor = [[United Artists]] | released = {{Film date|1929|11|11}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English}} '''''The Trespasser''''' is a 1929 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] film written and directed by [[Edmund Goulding]] and starring [[Gloria Swanson]], [[Robert Ames (actor)|Robert Ames]], [[Purnell Pratt]], [[Henry B. Walthall]], and [[Wally Albright]]. The film was released by [[United Artists]] in both [[silent film|silent]] and sound versions. ==Plot== Marion Donnell, a stenographer in Chicago ([[Gloria Swanson]]) elopes with wealthy Jack Merrick ([[Robert Ames (actor)|Robert Ames]]). Their marriage is opposed by his father ([[William Holden (actor, born 1862)|William Holden]]) who considers Marion a fortune-hunter and demands that Jack have the marriage annulled. Marion, furious that Jack has not defended her and stood up to his father, leaves him. Eighteen months later, unbeknownst to Jack, she has given birth to their son, Jackie, and is living alone to raise him. Unable to meet her bills and provide support she becomes a "kept woman" for her employer, Hector Ferguson ([[Purnell Pratt]]) an older, married man. He puts her up in a lavish apartment on Chicago's Lakeshore Drive, providing her with clothing, jewels, servants and means. When Ferguson collapses, suddenly at his club, his wife ([[Mary Forbes]]) calls for Marion, telling her that he has asked for her at his deathbed. He dies leaving Marion a $500,000 inheritance and the press is quick to publicize their illicit relationship, casting doubts upon the paternity of Marion's child. Seeking protection for her son, she sends for Jack, now remarried to Catherine "Flip" Carson. ([[Kay Hammond (American actress)|Kay Hammond]]) When Marion presents Jack with his son they rekindle their love for each other, Jack making plans to abandon his wife. However, Flip comes to visit Marion; having been injured in an automobile accident on a honeymoon trip to France, she requires a wheelchair and is unable to bear children. She declares that she is prepared to let Jack go, due to her disability and because she knows that he is still in love with Marion. Deeply moved by Flip's sacrifice, and for the sake of her child, she sends Jackie to live with Jack and Flip. She sinks to the floor in despair as Jackie's nanny, Mrs. Potter ([[Blanche Friderici]]) leads him away. She returns the $500,000 to Ferguson's estate and relocates to New York. Some years later, Flip has died leaving Marion and Jack free to reunite. ==Cast== *[[Gloria Swanson]] as Marion Donnell *[[Robert Ames (actor)|Robert Ames]] as Jack Merrick *[[Purnell Pratt]] as Hector Ferguson *[[Henry B. Walthall]] as Fuller *[[Wally Albright]] as Jackie *[[William Holden (actor, born 1862)|William Holden]] as John Merrick Sr. *[[Blanche Friderici]] as Miss Potter (as Blanche Frederici) *[[Kay Hammond (American actress)|Kay Hammond]] as Catherine 'Flip' Merrick *[[Mary Forbes]] as Mrs. Ferguson *[[Marcelle Corday]] as Blanche ==Production background== ''The Trespasser'' was produced as both a silent and sound version for a total negative cost of $725,000.<ref>Beauchamp, Cari. ''Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years''. Random House Digital. p 265. Accessed May 22. 2012</ref> Gloria Swanson, in her sound film debut, received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination. It was written and directed by Edmund Goulding and was first filmed as a [[silent film]]. A sound version was quickly made and was a big hit for its star, Gloria Swanson. Goulding [[remake|remade]] the film as ''[[That Certain Woman]]'' (1937) with [[Bette Davis]] and [[Henry Fonda]]. ==Preservation status== [[George Eastman House]] preserved the film with the help of the [[American Film Institute]] and [[The Film Foundation]]. This restored version was shown on [[Turner Classic Movies]] on December 14, 2011. ==Legacy== ''The Trespasser'' proved to be one of Swanson's only two hit sound films, the other being ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) many years later. Subsequent films like ''[[What a Widow!]]'' (1930), ''[[Indiscreet (1931 film)|Indiscreet]]'' (1931), ''[[Tonight or Never (1931 film)|Tonight or Never]]'' (1931), ''[[Perfect Understanding]]'' (1933), and ''[[Music in the Air (film)|Music in the Air]]'' (1934) were all box-office flops.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shearer|first1=Stephen Michael|title=Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star|date=August 27, 2013|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250001559|pages=230, 270|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uc4TAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA230|accessdate=April 26, 2017|language=en}}</ref> ''The Trespasser'' was an important film for Swanson, following the financially disastrous ''[[Queen Kelly]]'' (1929) and the hit ''[[Sadie Thompson (film)|Sadie Thompson]]'' (1928). This was Swanson's second Oscar nomination. Despite the disappointments following ''The Trespasser,'' Swanson was remembered by [[Billy Wilder]], a screenwriter on ''[[Music in the Air (film)|Music in the Air]]'' (1934), when he was casting the part of [[Norma Desmond]] for ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950).{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} ==See also== * [[List of early sound feature films (1926β1929)]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0020514|title=The Trespasser}} *[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/Trespasser1929.html ''The Trespasser'' at SilentEra] *[http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/film/11251/the-trespasser ''The Trespasser''] at Virtual History {{Edmund Goulding}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trespasser (1929 film), The}} [[Category:1929 films]] [[Category:1920s English-language films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:United Artists films]] [[Category:Films directed by Edmund Goulding]]
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