Norma Shearer
Lally
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Their Own Desire is a 1929 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, and Helene Millard. The film was adapted by James Forbes and Frances Marion from the novel [1] by Sarita Fuller; Lucille Newmark wrote the titles. [2]
Norma Shearer stars as Lally, a rich girl whose father divorces her mother and marries his lover. She falls in love with the lover's son, but their relationship is complicated by their family ties.
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- Drama, Romance
- E. Mason Hopper
- 1929-12-27
A tangled melodrama with an engaging performance from Norma Shearer as its centerpiece, Their Own Desire (1929) is also notable for its action packed screenplay (by Frances Marion) that includes an apparent suicide, a climax involving Lally and Jack lost in a boat during a storm on Lake Michigan and numerous complications aimed at keeping the ...
- E. Mason Hopper, James Grant Forbes
- Norma Shearer
Released December 27th, 1929, 'Their Own Desire' stars Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Belle Bennett The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 5 min, and received a user score of...
Read what critics and viewers thought of this pre-Code drama starring Norma Shearer as a young woman who faces the consequences of her parents' affairs. Find out how the film explores themes of love, marriage, and betrayal in the 1920s.
Lally, a rich girl, falls in love with Jack, the son of her father's fiancée. But their relationship is complicated by their family ties and social status. Watch the trailer and learn more about this classic film.
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A melodrama about a daughter's love triangle with her divorced parents and their lovers. Norma Shearer plays a restless debutante who falls for Robert Montgomery, the son of her mother's new husband.
