Their Own Desire

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 5m

Genre

Drama, Romance

Release Date

27 Dec 1929

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Director & Producers

E. Mason Hopper
Director

Top Billed 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)

Technical Team

Frances Marion
Screenplay James Forbes
Adaptation Harry Reynolds
Editor Sarita Fuller
Novel

William H. Daniels
Director of Photography William Axt
Conductor James Brock
Sound Recordist

Ralph E. Winters
Assistant Editor Fred Fisher
Music Reggie Montgomery
Music George Warde
Music Ernst Luz
Music

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