Their Own Desire
A Drama of Today
1929 · 1h 5m · Approved
Drama, Romance
Directed by
E. Mason Hopper
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. Then Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Cheever, the woman who is to marry her father.
Director and cast
- E. Mason Hopper Director
- Robert Montgomery as John Douglas Cheever
- Norma Shearer as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
- Lewis Stone as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
- Belle Bennett as Harriet Marlett
- Helene Millard as Beth Cheever
- Cecil Cunningham as Aunt Caroline
- Henry Hebert as Uncle Nate
- Mary Doran as Suzanne
- June Nash as Mildred
- Bess Flowers Cast
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