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The Trespasser 1929

Edmund Goulding (Director), Gloria Swanson (Actor) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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The legendary Gloria Swanson stars in her first sound feature, a hit with audiences in 1929 whose pre-Code sensibilities make it still surprisingly modern today. Swanson is Marion Donnell, a humble secretary whose stunning beauty attracts the attention of New York's wealthy elite. Among her suitors are young Jack Merrick, the son of a rich tycoon, and her boss, the high-powered attorney Hector Ferguson. Eloping with Jack, she is devastated when his father has the marriage annulled, seeing Marion as nothing more than an opportunistic gold-digger. Unbeknownst to both men, she is pregnant with Jack's son. Seeing no other way to support the child, she runs into the arms of Ferguson. As the boy grows to maturity, Marion spends the years as the kept mistress of the married lawyer. A sudden heart attack claims Ferguson's life, and New York is shocked when his will decrees his fortune to his former secretary. Inquisitive reporters uncover not only Marion's relationship with her boss, but the parentage of her son. With the boy's identity revealed, his unscrupulous grandfather arrives to take the child away from the woman whose life he ruined years ago. But having now amassed a fortune, Marion won't let her son go without a fight.

Released only two days after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, The Trespasser's rags-to-riches storyline struck a chord with shell-shocked audiences. It also saved star Gloria Swanson from potential financial ruin. When Erich von Stroheim ran over budget on production costs for her intended next feature, the epic Queen Kelly, the actress replaced him with writer-director Edmund Goulding. Unable to make sense of von Stroheim's footage, he convinced Swanson to begin work on an entirely new film. Writing the script in three weeks and finishing principal photography in a matter of months, Goulding completed The Trespasser in time to pay off Queen Kelly's investors. The stunning camerawork is by famed cinematographer Gregg Toland, best known for Citizen Kane (1941). Swanson received her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance. Unfortunately, her following films such as What a Widow! (1930) and Indiscreet (1931) were flops at the box-office. The actress would be out of the public eye until director Billy Wilder, who remembered The Trespasser fondly, cast her in his masterpiece Sunset Boulevard (1950).

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35021799
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Edmund Goulding
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Black & White, Multiple Formats, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 20, 2022
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Gloria Swanson
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Alpha Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00YIZWJA2
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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JF Haselden
5.0 out of 5 stars Swanson at her best
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019
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Excellent movie. First "talkie" for Gloria Swanson and filmed in 21 days. Later remake ..."That Certain Woman "/Betty Davis and Peter Fonda
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Roger Howerton
3.0 out of 5 stars Bad Transfer, but Not a Bad Movie
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2018
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First of all, Oldies.com (Alpha) did a great job with the cover art on this DVD. I don't know what the original 1929 movie poster looked like, and maybe this is a replica, but it certainly looks authentic for 1920s art. Once you get past the artwork and to the DVD, though, the quality lessens. The opening credits are ruined because Alpha video chose to put their logo on the credits, not in the lower corner, but ON THE CREDITS, just below the center of the screen, blocking any words that appear center screen. Fortunately, the annoying logo disappears as the movie begins, but putting their name center screen ON TOP OF THE CREDITS says to me that Alpha is not concerned with preserving great cinema, but only SELLING great cinema and promoting themselves in the process.

The transfer is not great. No restoration has been done of course, and to give the benefit of the doubt, maybe this is the best surviving print of the film. Who knows? The picture is anything but sharp, and the contrast is raised very high to compensate---the blacks are very black so that you can't make out any details there at all. The sound is adequate, but the volume must be turned up, and a few instances occur when the actors speak their lines so quickly that it's not possible to discern the words. A very loud hissing/hum so prevalent in unrestored films is very apparent and is no help, either. A little over halfway through the film, the picture gets "bubbly." It's as if the original film has warped from being near high heat. This continues for a long time.

As for the film production, Gloria Swanson earned her second Academy Award nomination for her first talkie, this soap opera of a young woman who elopes and then has her honeymoon broken up by the groom's father, a wealthy snob who thinks his name is too good for his son to give it to a nobody stenographer. She leaves; the marriage is annulled; the son later remarries into his social class; and Gloria has a baby resulting from the one-night honeymoon. The groom didn't know about the baby, of course, and Gloria struggles as a single parent to raise the child. That's the premise, and the movie, even though anchored in the "staginess" that was film in the late 20s and early 30s, is not bad. The story is believable and Swanson does a great job of acting---for an early talkie, that is.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you’re a Gloria fan you will love this
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019
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I love love Gloria Swanson and this movie did not disappoint.
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mef418
2.0 out of 5 stars False Advertisement
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015
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I was completely unaware the disc to this would be a dvd-r. I am disappointed that this is merely a burned copy when I had zero warning. I haven't watched the disc yet; therfore, i cannot mention it's viewing quality.
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NorthCarolina
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018
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Good & wunderfull movie
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Tina Gerena
3.0 out of 5 stars Assumed it was a restoration...
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2018
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I love Gloria Swanson. I love this movie. I wanted to by it on DVD so I could watch anytime. I assumed ( I know...) that the movie was a restoration of the original. The quality was poor with the picture fading, bubbles and water mark like flaws in the film. I've seen some of Gloria Swanson's silent films that were better quality. I kept having to remind myself that this picture was filmed in 1929 and its may not be a restoration. So I will watch it again and again just because I love this particular film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2016
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thoroughly enjoyed-have to be a GS fan
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