list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Trespasser on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Trespasser/76765/default.aspx Title: The Trespasser
Year: 1929
Director: Edmund Goulding
Plot: The Trespasser was Gloria Swanson's first all-talking picture. All talk is right. Swanson plays a humble secretary who marries the son (Robert Ames) of a domineering millionaire (William Holden--no, not that William Holden). The father-in-law bullies Swanson into giving up his son; she agrees to step out of his life, proudly withholding the fact that she's about to become a mother. Later, Swanson enters her ex-husband's social class via an inheritance. Unfortunately, he's remarried to Kay Hammond, who is crippled and thus more needful of the man's love and comfort than self-reliant Swanson. Tearfully, Swanson gives up the man she loves, left only with her child and a bulging bank account. When Trespasser was remade by director Edmund Goulding as That Certain Woman with Bette Davis in 1937, a last-minute happy ending was tacked on--if one can call the death of wife number two a joyous event. As for the original film, Gloria Swanson proved (contrary to the popular belief engendered by Sunset Boulevard) that she could have been just as big a star in talkies as she'd been in silents (she even sings well); unfortunately her subsequent judgment in screenplay selection resulted in a string of flops. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
]]>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMTThe Trespasser1929Edmund GouldingThe Trespasser was Gloria Swanson's first all-talking picture. All talk is right. Swanson plays a humble secretary who marries the son (<a href="/players/P_____1370/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert Ames</a>) of a domineering millionaire (<a href="/players/P____32805/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>William Holden</a>--no, not that <a href="/players/P____32805/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>William Holden</a>). The father-in-law bullies Swanson into giving up his son; she agrees to step out of his life, proudly withholding the fact that she's about to become a mother. Later, Swanson enters her ex-husband's social class via an inheritance. Unfortunately, he's remarried to <a href="/players/P____30043/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kay Hammond</a>, who is crippled and thus more needful of the man's love and comfort than self-reliant Swanson. Tearfully, Swanson gives up the man she loves, left only with her child and a bulging bank account. When <a href=/films/35849/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Trespasser</a> was remade by director <a href="/players/P____92217/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Edmund Goulding</a> as <a href=/films/34598/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>That Certain Woman</a> with <a href="/players/P____17295/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bette Davis</a> in 1937, a last-minute happy ending was tacked on--if one can call the death of wife number two a joyous event. As for the original film, Gloria Swanson proved (contrary to the popular belief engendered by <a href=/films/33517/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Sunset Boulevard</a>) that she could have been just as big a star in talkies as she'd been in silents (she even sings well); unfortunately her subsequent judgment in screenplay selection resulted in a string of flops. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guidehttp://www.spout.com/images/no_image.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Trespasser/76765/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/pregnancy/MemberTagFilms.aspxpregnancy
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