Today's episode is my conversation about the 1929 film The Trespasser. I'm joined by Kevin Pettit from the See You at the Movies newsletter and we talk about comparisons between relationships of the 1920s and today, the impact of the stock market crash of 1929 on the film industry (and greater economy), and an unexpected hometown connection with the film.
You can watch The Trespasser on YouTube or on Vimeo and be sure to check out Kevin's newsletter.
Other films mentioned in this episode include:
- The Letter directed by Jean de Limur (listen to the episode about that film with Lewis Beer)
- Thelma directed by Josh Margolin
- The Wolf of Wall Street directed by Martin Scorsese
- The Big Short directed by Adam McKay
- Margin Call directed by J.C. Chandor
- Too Big to Fail directed by Curtis Hanson
- The Broadway Melody directed by Harry Beaumont
- The Devil's Holiday directed by Edmund Goulding
- Hell's Angels directed by Howard Hughes and James Whale
- Grand Hotel directed by Edmund Goulding
- Nightmare Alley directed by Edmund Goulding
- The Dawn Patrol directed by Edmund Goulding
- The Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese
- Sadie Thompson directed by Raoul Walsh
- Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder
- Double Indemnity directed by Billy Wilder
- Holiday directed by Edward H. Griffith
- Babylon directed by Damien Chazelle
- The Grapes of Wrath directed by John Ford
- Weary River directed by Frank Lloyd
- Dynamite directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra
- Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles
- Dredd directed by Pete Travis
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King directed by Peter Jackson
- Born Yesterday directed by George Cukor
- All About Eve directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Caged directed by John Cromwell
- Lurker directed by Alex Russell
Other referenced topics:
- Photo of Gloria Swanson on Wikipedia in her later years
- "The Trespasser" by Shawn Anthony on Glorious Swanson
- Photoplay Magazine review
- Variety review
- Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman
- Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino
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