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Their Own Desire

Their Own Desire1929

★5.165 minDramaRomance

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.

Director

E. Mason Hopper

Writer

Score

Fred Fisher George Warde Ernst Luz

Stars

Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone

Cast10

Norma Shearer
as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Robert Montgomery
as John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
Lewis Stone
as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Belle Bennett
as Harriet Marlett
Helene Millard
as Beth Cheever
Cecil Cunningham
as Aunt Caroline
Henry Hebert
as Uncle Nate
Mary Doran
as Suzanne
June Nash
as Mildred
Bess Flowers
as Miriam - Polo Player/Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)

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