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The Trespasser (1929) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1929 · 90 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Edmund Goulding
- Starring
- William Holden, Purnell Pratt, Ed Brady, Blanche Friderici, Robert Ames, Gloria Swanson
The film marks her debut in an all‑talking picture. A stenographer employed by a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man, but his family forces an annulment. She later bears his child, and her former boss steps in to protect the baby’s welfare, sparking rumors that she is a kept woman.
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