“THE TRESPASSER”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 884, 30 January 1930, Page 17

“THE TRESPASSER”

AT CIVIC ON SATURDAY In a dramatically forceful story, and in a role that once again enables her to wear the beautiful clothes for which she has become famous on the screen, Gloria Swanson makes her debut in talking and singing films next Saturday, when ‘ The Trespasser,” her first all-dialogue United Artists* picture, written and directed by Edmund Goulding, opens. While the star’s gorgeous wardrobe recalls the days of her first cinema triumphs, it is a new Gloria Swanson that the talking screen reveals in the United Artists’ picture. The rich tonal qualities of Miss Swanson’s voice give fitting oral expression to her abilities as a dramatic actress. With a story that is singularly compelling, “The Trespasser” is said to usher in a new era in the audible cinema. Edmund Goulding, author and director of the United Arists’ picture, is said to have evolved a new art in the vehicle, so that the method of telling the story is as novel as the theme itself. Goulding also wrote the original number, “Love,” which is one of the two pieces Miss Swanson sings in the feature. A capable cast, all of whom are at home in speaking before the microphone, surrounds Miss Swanson in “The Trespasser.” Robert Ames, accomplished actor of stage and screen, is the leading man. Others in support number Purnell Pratt, Henry B. Walthall, Wally Albright, William Holden. Blanche Friderici. Kay Hammond, Mary Forbes, and Marcella Corday.