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Their Own Desire (1929)

4.9 | Dec 27, 1929 (US) | Drama, Romance | 01:05

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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Norma Shearer
Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
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Robert Montgomery
John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
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Lewis Stone
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
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Belle Bennett
Harriet Marlett
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Helene Millard
Beth Cheever
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Cecil Cunningham
Aunt Caroline
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Henry Hebert
Uncle Nate
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Mary Doran
Suzanne
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June Nash
Mildred
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Bess Flowers
Miriam - Polo Player/Snooty Dinner Guest