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.
- (796)
- Drama, Romance
- E. Mason Hopper
- 1929-12-27
In their frantic search for them, Marlett and Beth (Lally's father and Jack's mother) realize the serious consequences of their affair, and reunion with their children brings about a return to their respective spouses.
- E. Mason Hopper, James Grant Forbes
- Norma Shearer
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
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.
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.
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A romantic drama about a rich girl who falls in love with her stepbrother, despite her father's remarriage to his former lover. The film features polo scenes, a smoking heroine, and a tragic ending.
