Their Own Desire
US (1929): Romance/Drama
Lally (Norma Shearer) is a rich girl whose father who writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage, Father (Lewis Stone) decides to divorce Harriet (Belle Bennett), his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers (Helen Millard) who is also divorcing her husband. This sours Lally on all men, but on vacation she meets Jack (Robert Montgomery), who succeeds in stealing her heart. The trouble begins when Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Chevers, the woman who is to marry her father. James Forbes adapted the dialogue from the novel by Sarita Fuller; E. Mason Hopper directed for MGM. (Tony Fontana, IMDb)
1 nomination
· Actress 1929-30: Norma Shearer