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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]
Their Own Desire: Directed by E. Mason Hopper. With Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery. Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays Polo. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers.
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- Drama, Romance
- E. Mason Hopper
- 1929-12-27
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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
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.
Forced by circumstances to meet in secrecy, Shearer and Montgomery find themselves caught up in a ferocious storm on Lake Michigan and are reported missing. They have survived on an uninhabited island, however, from whence they are rescued by Stone, whom Shearer has forgiven.
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.
1929 Directed by E. Mason Hopper. 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.
