Their Own Desire (1929)

  • NR
  • 12/27/1929 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 5m

Overview

Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her father decides to divorce Lally's mother and remarry to soon-to-be-divorced Beth Cheever. This sours Lally on all men. While on vacation with her mother she meets Jack, who succeeds in stealing her heart. Then Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Cheever, the woman who is to marry her father.

Frances Marion

Screenplay

E. Mason Hopper

Director

Sarita Fuller

Novel

Cast

Norma Shearer's headshot

Norma Shearer

Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Robert Montgomery's headshot

Robert Montgomery

John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
Lewis Stone's headshot

Lewis Stone

Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Belle Bennett's headshot

Belle Bennett

Harriet Marlett
Helene Millard's headshot

Helene Millard

Beth Cheever
Cecil Cunningham's headshot

Cecil Cunningham

Aunt Caroline
Henry Hebert's headshot

Henry Hebert

Uncle Nate
Mary Doran's headshot

Mary Doran

Suzanne

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