Movies

Their Own Desire (1929) Norma Shearer in a Modern Melodrama: she vows never to take any man seriously after father Lewis Stone breaks up the family for The Other Woman. Young sheik Robert Taylor puts the rush on her and it's only after they fall for each other that she finds out whose son he happens to be. Complications ensue. Shearer is luscious and vivacious and definitely worth seeing, though some of her chirpy dialog is pretty forced; Taylor is pretty - pretty obnoxious. Kind of a clunky plot but it's just before the Crash, when the travails of polo playing socialites were still escapist fun and there's lots of nice stuff to look at, primarily Norma. Gowns by Adrian are light, tight and airy, just revealing enough and often backless (and bra-less). Nothing to write home about, but easy on the eyes and not challenging for the brain. 6/10

Shearer and Taylor dancing up a storm.