Editing Their Own Desire

{{Short description|1929 American pre-Code romantic drama film by E. Mason Hopper}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Their Own Desire
| image          = Their Own Desire lobby card.jpg
 
| caption        = Lobby card
| director       = [[E. Mason Hopper]]
| producer       = 
| based_on       = {{based on|''Their Own Desire''<br>1929 novel|Sarita Fuller (pseudonym of [[Beulah Marie Dix]])}}
| screenplay     = [[Frances Marion]]<br>[[James Forbes (screenwriter)|James Forbes]] (dialogue)<br>[[Lucille Newmark]] (titles)
| starring       = [[Norma Shearer]]<br>[[Belle Bennett]]<br>[[Lewis Stone]]<br>[[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]]<br>Helene Millard
| cinematography = [[William Daniels (cinematographer)|William H. Daniels]]
| editing        = [[Harry Reynolds (film editor)|Harry Reynolds]]
| distributor    = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| released       = {{Film date|1929|12|27}}
| runtime        = 65 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
}}

'''''Their Own Desire''''' is a 1929 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[E. Mason Hopper]] and starring [[Norma Shearer]], [[Belle Bennett]], [[Lewis Stone]], [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]], and Helene Millard. The film was adapted by [[James Forbes (screenwriter)|James Forbes]] and [[Frances Marion]] from the novel<ref>[[Allmovie]] film entry calls Fuller's work a short story.</ref> by Sarita Fuller (pseudonym of [[Beulah Marie Dix]]); Lucille Newmark wrote the titles.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/filmdailyyearboo00film_1|title=Film Daily Year Book (1931)|last=Film Daily|last2=Film Daily|date=1931|publisher=New York, The Film Daily|others=Media History Digital Library}}</ref> It is also the last MGM film in the 1920s. Shearer was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], but lost to herself for ''[[The Divorcee]]''.

==Premise==
A young woman 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.

==Cast==
* [[Norma Shearer]] as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
* [[Belle Bennett]] as Harriet Marlett
* [[Lewis Stone]] as Henry Marlett
* [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] as John Douglas Cheever
* [[Helene Millard]] as Beth Cheever
* [[Cecil Cunningham]] as Aunt Caroline Elrick
* [[Henry Herbert (actor)|Henry Hebert]] as Uncle Nate Elrick
* [[Mary Doran]] as Suzanne Elrick
* [[June Nash (actress)|June Nash]] as Mildred Elrick
* [[Joseph E. Bernard]] as Doctor (uncredited)
* [[Bess Flowers]] as Miriam, a Polo Player / Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)
* [[Isabelle Keith]] as Isabelle, a Polo Player / Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)
* [[Kane Richmond]] as Man at the Resort (uncredited)
* [[Oscar Rudolph]] as Man at the Resort (uncredited)

==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]].

==See also==
* [[List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0020488}}
* {{TCMDb title|2620}}
* {{AFI film|12619}}
* [http://ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2015/07/shearer-vs-shearer-divorcee-1930-and.html Shearer vs. Shearer: ''The Divorcee'' (1930) and ''Their Own Desire'' (1929)] with stills

{{E. Mason Hopper}}

[[Category:1929 films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]
[[Category:American romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by E. Mason Hopper]]
[[Category:1929 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Frances Marion]]
[[Category:1920s English-language films]]
[[Category:1920s American films]]
[[Category:English-language romantic drama films]]


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