''Human Desires'' is a 1924 British silent

romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

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and starring Marjorie Daw,

Clive Brook Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English stage and film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the Unit ...

and

Juliette Compton Juliette Compton (May 3, 1899 – March 19, 1989) was an American dancer and actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with '' That Hamilton Woman'' in 1941. Career Compton was born in Columbus, Georgia, on May 3, 189 ...

. It is also known by the

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of ''Love's Bargain''.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Joan Thayer, ambitious for a stage career, becomes a wife in name only to Georges Gautier, a wealthy and influential banker. She loves the young poet Henri Regnier, but he fears to ask her to marry him because of his poverty. She cannot learn to care for her husband, and a former mistress of Georges' complicates things. When Georges realizes that Joan does not care for him, he secures a divorce. Joan gives up her stage ambitions and marries her poet, while the husband is left with his memories.

Cast

* Marjorie Daw as Joan Thayer *

as Georges Gautier *

as Andree de Vigne *

Warwick Ward Warwick Manson Ward (3 December 1891 – 9 December 1967) was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was b ...

as Pierre Brandon *

Russell Thorndike Arthur Russell Thorndike (6 February 1885 – 7 November 1972) was a British actor and novelist, best known for the Doctor Syn of Romney Marsh novels. Less well-known than his sister Sybil but equally versatile, Russell Thorndike's first lov ...

as Paul Perot *

Jean de Limur Jean de Limur (13 November 1887, Vouhé, Charente-Maritime – 5 June 1976, Paris) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include ''La Garçonne (1936 film), La Garçonne'' (1936) and ''The Letter (1929 film), The Letter' ...

as Henri Regnier

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1924 films British romance films British silent feature films 1920s romance films Films set in Paris British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Burton George 1920s British films English-language romance films {{1920s-romance-film-stub