 Gloria Swanson (qv) originally hired writer/director  Edmund Goulding (qv) to help her complete Queen Kelly, the  unfinished silent epic shed started with Erich von Stroheim (qv).  After hed spent months editing Von Stroheims footage, Goulding  persuaded Swanson to make The Trespasser instead. He wrote the  script in three weeks, the movie was in theaters by the end of the  year, and Swanson recouped enough money to pay off Queen Kellys  backers.