Their Own Desire

Their Own Desire

65 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 27, 1929

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.

Their Own Desire

65 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 27, 1929

Their Own Desire
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Their Own Desire
Directors E. Mason Hopper
Writers James Forbes, Sarita Fuller, Frances Marion

Cast

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