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Their Own Desire

Their Own Desire

5,1 /10 (21 Votes)
1929 EN 65 min

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.

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Release date

27/12/1929

Votes

21

Popularity

0.6

A Drama of Today

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

65 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2026-02-22

⭐ 6

“Lally” (Norma Shearer) lives a blissfully happy life with her wealthy parents until her dad “Henry” (Lewis Stone) announces that he is to divorce her mother (Belle Bennett) and take up with his lover “Mrs. Cheever” (Helene Millard). Naturally, she is devastated by this news and vows never to speak to him again, but she is still spending his cash though and it’s whilst she is on holiday she encounters the pretty forward “Jack” (Robert Montgomery). Suffice to say, it’s love at first sight but she is for a bit of a shock as it turns out he is the son of the woman who caused her parents to split …

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