Their Own Desire

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Their Own Desire
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Written by Sarita Fuller (novel)
Frances Marion
James Forbes (dialogue)
Starring Norma Shearer
Belle Bennett
Lewis Stone
Robert Montgomery
Helene Millard
Release date(s) December 27, 1929
Running time 65 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Their Own Desire is a 1929 romantic drama film which tells the story of a young woman who is upset by the knowledge that her father is divorcing her mother in order to marry another woman. Her own feelings change, however, when she falls in love with a young man who turns out to be the son of her father's new love. It stars Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery and Helene Millard. The movie was adapted by James Forbes and Frances Marion from the novel[1] by Sarita Fuller. It was directed by E. Mason Hopper.

Shearer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

[edit] Cast

  • Norma Shearer as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
  • Belle Bennett as Harriet Marlett
  • Lewis Stone as Henry Marlett
  • Robert Montgomery as John Douglas Cheever
  • Helene Millard as Beth Cheever
  • Cecil Cunningham as Aunt Caroline Elrick
  • Henry Hebert as Uncle Nate Elrick
  • Mary Doran as Suzanne Elrick
  • June Nash as Mildred Elrick

[edit] Production

The pool scenes in which John Cheever meets Lally Marlett for the first time were filmed at the Norconian Resort Supreme competition diving and swimming pools. While the diving boards and three diving platforms are long gone, the two Norconian pools are still intact, though worse for wear as of 2008, in the middle of what is now the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, California.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ The All Movie Guide film entry calls Fuller's work a short story.
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