Their Own Desire (1929)

5.1/10 • 65 min • Drama Romance

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.

Cast

Norma Shearer

Lucia 'Lally' Marlett

Robert Montgomery

John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever

Lewis Stone

Henry 'Hal' Marlett

Belle Bennett

Harriet Marlett

Helene Millard

Beth Cheever

Cecil Cunningham

Aunt Caroline

Henry Hebert

Uncle Nate

Mary Doran

Suzanne

June Nash

Mildred

Bess Flowers

Miriam - Polo Player/Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)

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