The Trespasser (1929) on Netflix
Marion Donnell, a Chicago stenographer, elopes with Jack Merrick, a wealthy young man. His father calls her a fortune-hunter and demands an annulment. Jack will not defend her.
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Marion Donnell works as a stenographer in Chicago for the lawyer Hector Ferguson. She falls in love with Jack Merrick, a wealthy young man, and the two elope. Jack's father objects to the match and calls Marion a fortune-hunter. He wants Jack to have the marriage annulled. Marion is furious with Jack for failing to defend her or stand up to his father.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Trespasser (1929)
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- Despite the disappointments that followed The Trespasser, Gloria Swanson was remembered by Billy Wilder, who had been a screenwriter on her Music in the Air (1934), when he was casting the part of Norma Desmond for Sunset Boulevard (1950).
- The Trespasser was one of only two hit sound films Gloria Swanson made; the other was Sunset Boulevard (1950), many years later. Her later sound pictures, among them What a Widow!, Indiscreet, Tonight or Never, Perfect Understanding and Music in the Air, were all box-office flops.
- The Trespasser was filmed first as a silent film, then a sound version was quickly made; the sound release was a big hit for Gloria Swanson in her sound-film debut. The two versions together had a negative cost of $725,000.
