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Title: Their Own Desire


Date: 1929
Type: Romance
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: E Mason Hopper
Producer:

Comment
A wealthy writer (Lewis Stone) decides to leave his wife (Belle Bennett) for another woman (Helene Millard), which puts their daughter (Norma Shearer) off men, until she meets a man (Robert Montgomery) whilst on holiday with her mother, only to find he is the son of her father's new woman. Norma Shearer got an Oscar nom ination for her performance as the spoiled young woman finding love in this early sound film. The plot is nothing special.

Actors

Norma ShearerNorma Shearer
Belle Bennett
Lewis StoneLewis Stone
Robert Montgomery
Helene Millard
Mary DoranMary Doran
June Nash

Oscars

Nomination - Best Actress - Norma Shearer