Legacy
Sadly for Swanson, The Trespasser proved to be one of her only two hit talkies, the other being Sunset Boulevard (1950), over 20 years later. Subsequent films like What a Widow! (1930), Indiscreet (1931), Tonight or Never (1931), Perfect Understanding (1933), and Music in the Air (1934) all proved to be box-office flops.
The Trespasser was an important film for Swanson, following the disastrous Queen Kelly (1929) and the hit Sadie Thompson (1928). This was Swanson's second Oscar nomination. Despite the disappointments following The Trespasser, Swanson was remembered by Billy Wilder, a writer on Music in the Air, when he was casting the part of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)