Gradually the producers of the talkies are getting away from attributing vocal or musical qualities to actors and actresses that are not musically inclined, and having doubles do the work for them. In "The Trespasser", now at the Central Square, Gloria Swanson sings, but instead of making it appear that she is playing her own accompaniment the director was perfectly frank about it and had Miss Swanson sit down at a player piano and let this instrument do the work of the double.

But that is not the only interesting bit about "The Trespasser". It is an excellent movie, one in which Miss Swanson, using her emotional powers to the fullest extent, gives an excellent portrayal of the life of a poor stenographer mixed up in the affairs of wealthy men. The show is hardly one for the "tired business man"; it is one that demands your attention throughout, and the plot of it is so intricate, but also well worked out, that it keeps the audience in constant suspense as to how the love affairs of Marion Donnell will finally turn out. The pathos of the picture, although at times it borders on the usual movie sentimentalism, is enough to force the feminine part of the audience to bring out its handkerchiefs.

In the posters advertising the show Miss Swanson is said to have a voice "as lovely as herself". This applies only to the talking parts, where indeed it is good, but when she sings, the synchronization instruments fail to function properly and the reproduction is rather uncertain.

In the other feature on the bill Clive Brooks gives an amusing and interesting interpretation of Conan Doyle's famous character, Sherlock Holmes.