Their Own Desire
5.8
“A Drama of Today”
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.
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Cast
10 people
Norma Shearer
Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Known for
The Women
He Who Gets Slapped
Robert Montgomery
John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
Known for
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
They Were Expendable
Lewis Stone
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Known for
The Lost World
Grand Hotel
Belle Bennett
Harriet Marlett
Also in
The Iron Mask
Mother Machree
Helene Millard
Beth Cheever
Known for
The Divorcee
Cecil Cunningham
Aunt Caroline
Known for
The Awful Truth
Kitty Foyle
Henry Hebert
Uncle Nate
Also in
Heart o' the Hills
Suspicious Wives
Mary Doran
Suzanne
Known for
The Divorcee
June Nash
Mildred
Also in
Strange Cargo
Say It with Sables
Bess Flowers
Miriam - Polo Player/Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Known for
Monkey Business
The Bigamist
E. Mason Hopper Director · Frances Marion Screenplay Sarita Fuller Author
United States release December 27, 1929 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 27, 1929
Theatrical
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