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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, 1929 novel, by Sarita Fuller
- E. Mason Hopper
- English
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.
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- Drama, Romance
- E. Mason Hopper
- 1929-12-27
Dec 27, 1929. Premiere Information. not available. Production Company. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the short story "Their Own Desire" by Sarita Fuller (publication undetermined).
- E. Mason Hopper, James Grant Forbes
- Norma Shearer
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.
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Shearer a delight. gbill-74877 23 October 2016. The plot is pretty simple and this 65 minute film is in general pretty average, with one exception – Norma Shearer, who is so charming I rounded my review score up a bit. She's the epitome of the 1920's flapper – playful, adventurous, and in control of her own destiny.
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.
