The Trespasser

“Her First ALL TALKING Picture”

6.6(13)19291h 30m

Drama

A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."

Director

Edmund Goulding

Cast

Gloria Swanson

Marion Donnell

Robert Ames

Jack Merrick

Purnell Pratt

Hector Ferguson

Henry B. Walthall

Fuller

Wally Albright

Jack Merrick

William Holden

John Merrick Sr.

Blanche Friderici

Miss Potter the Nurse

Kay Hammond

Catherine 'Flip' Merrick

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Ferguson

Marcelle Corday

Blanche the Maid

Henry Armetta

Barber (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Reporter (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

Proof, if it were ever going to really be required, that Gloria Swanson could take to talking pictures like a duck to water. Her first complete talkie is a bit convoluted, but somehow that just serves to shine a bit more light on her ability to carry it through. She is "Marion", a secretary who marries the rather hen-pecked son "Jack" (Robert Ames) of a millionaire. The father "Merrick" (the origi...