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Vintage original 8x10 in. US single-weight glossy photograph from the classic 1920's sound drama, THE TRESSPASSER, released at the dawn of sound in 1929 and directed by Edmund Goulding. Based upon a screenplay by Goulding as well, a stenographer (Gloria Swanson) who works for a lawyer falls (Purnell Pratt) in love with and marries a wealthy young man (Robert Ames). 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." The cast includes Henry B. Walthall, Wally Albright, William Holden, Blanche Friderici, Kay Hammond, Mary Forbes, and Marcelle Corday.
The Tresspasser was Gloria Swanson's first talking film. The image features an interior medium shot of stenographer Marion Donnell (Gloria Swanson) wearing a telephone system headset and she types a document while seated at her desk. It is in very fine condition with a light curl along the side edges. The image quality is razor-sharp with very fine detail and beautiful contrast. This photograph looks even more beautiful than it appears in the image of this listing.
With The Trespasser (1929), Gloria Swanson had one of the biggest-hit talkie debuts of any silent star. With her second best actress Oscar nomination, she became the first star to be nominated in two different years, previously nominated for Sadie Thompson (1928). Swanson originally consulted Edmund Goulding to help her complete Queen Kelly (1932), the unfinished silent epic she'd started with Erich von Stroheim, but he told her it was old-fashioned and to make a talking picture instead. He wrote the script in conjunction with Swanson and Laura Hope Crews in three weeks at Swanson's home. The movie was in theaters by the end of the year and Swanson recouped enough money to pay-off the ill-fated Queen Kelly's backers. |