Their Own Desire
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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.
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Norma Shearer
Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
Robert Montgomery
John 'Jack' Douglas Cheever
Lewis Stone
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Belle Bennett
Harriet Marlett
Helene Millard
Beth Cheever
Cecil Cunningham
Aunt Caroline
Henry Hebert
Uncle Nate
Mary Doran
Suzanne
June Nash
Mildred
Bess Flowers
Miriam - Polo Player/Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)
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CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967February 22, 2026
“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 …
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