Desire

"BRIGHT LIGHTS, MUSIC, DANCING, LAUGHTER HER FIRST TASTE OF NIGHT LIFE"

Desire — Plot

Society children Madalyn Harlan and Bob Elkins separate the day they are to be married. Madalyn marries her chauffeur, Jerry, while Bob falls in love with unsophisticated Ruth Cassell and, after careful consideration, marries her. Madalyn's marriage is unhappy, ending in a double suicide after Madalyn's parents disown her and Jerry's family proves to be lower class.

• Release date
• October 1, 1923
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Rowland V. Lee

Desire — Cast

Marguerite De La Motte Ruth Cassell John Bowers Bob Elkins Estelle Taylor Madalyn Harlan Noah Beery Hop Lee Chester Conklin Oland Young Vera Lewis Mrs. De Witt Harlan David Butler Jerry Ryan Walter Long Bud Reisner