The Trespasser (1929)
The Trespasser (1929)
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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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