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Their Own Desire (1929)

Directed by E. Mason Hopper · 65 min · Drama, Romance

12.1 TOPICAL score · #5,361 of 6,776 films

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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.

Their Own Desire (1929, directed by E. Mason Hopper) has a TOPICAL score of 12.1 - ranked 5,361 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 5.1/10 (21 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 14 languages.

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Audience-
Awards62
Historical impact15
Lasting engagement10
Cast20
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Norma Shearer (actor #744), Robert Montgomery (actor #1,323), Lewis Stone (actor #1,036), Belle Bennett

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