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Auction History Result 6s118 TRESPASSER linen 1sh '29 striking art of Gloria Swanson in her first talking picture! Date Sold 12/4/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28 1/2" x 41" [72 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Trespasser, the 1929 Edmund Goulding romantic unwed mother musical melodrama (produced by Joseph P. Kennedy; about a secretary to a successful older lawyer, who marries a wealthy young man, and his family has the marriage annulled, but she is pregnant and her employer takes pity on her and provides financial support, which causes gossip that she is a "kept woman") starring Gloria Swanson (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; "In the peak role of her career"; "Her first all talking picture"), Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, Henry B. Walthall, Wally Albright, William Holden (no, not THAT William Holden, but another actor of the same name who made 20 movies between 1920 and 1931, and he died the next year, which was 7 years before the more famous William Holden made his first movie!), and Blanche Friderici. Note that producer Joseph P. Kennedy was of course the father of Joe, John, Bobby, and Teddy Kennedy, and had a well publicized love affair with Gloria Swanson for many years (which is especially ironic in light of the fact that this movie has Swanson being mistaken for the mistress of an older successful man!). Finally, note that this was Gloria Swanson's first talking picture after many years of success in silent films, and after the disaster of filming the unfinished "Queen Kelly" for Erich von Stroheim, and Swanson badly needed a success. Reviewers say that not only was she excellent in this role, but she proved that she had a fine singing voice as well! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this one-sheet measures 28 1/2" x 41" [72 x 104 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and creases and scuffs on parts of many foldlines. There were some smudges and scuffs around the edges of the poster and two vertical scuff marks in the background area above Swanson's head. There were some pinholes and tears in the borders. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, but the restorer did only minimal restoration to the above defects (they are not very distracting, and any restorer could perform additional restoration without re-backing the poster). At some point after it was backed, it was roughly handled, and there is now a faint 4" crease in the upper left (both in the poster and the linen). It extends into the green background, but it is not very noticeable at all. Learn More about condition grades 
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