The Trespasser

A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. 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."

Cast

Gloria Swanson

as Marion Donnell

Robert Ames

as Jack Merrick

Purnell Pratt

as Hector Ferguson

Henry B. Walthall

as Fuller

Wally Albright

as Jack Merrick

William Holden

as John Merrick Sr.

Blanche Friderici

as Miss Potter the Nurse

Kay Hammond

as Catherine 'Flip' Merrick

Mary Forbes

as Mrs. Ferguson

Marcelle Corday

as Blanche the Maid

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Proof, if it were ever going to really be required, that Gloria Swanson could take to talking pictures like a duck to water. Her first complete talkie is a bit convoluted, but somehow that just serves to shine a bit more light on her ability to carry it through. She is "Marion", a secretary who marr...

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