Human Desire

Human Desire

1919
56m
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Overview

The orphan Bernice (Stewart) is raised almost to womanhood by the good sisters in an Italian convent. Worshiping a picture of the Madonna and Child, she is seized by a great desire to have a child she can call her own. Running away to America, where she has been told babies are plentiful, she is taken in by Robert Bruce, an artist whose wife has refused to divorce him, and poses for his projected masterpiece, a Madonna. Bernice falls in love with the baby borrowed for this posing and is filled with sorrow when the child is taken away. Robert, who has become sincerely but honorably in love with the girl, adopts a baby for her. His wife meets Bernice and the baby, believes the worst, and insults her. Bernice takes the child and leaves the house, becoming lost in the city and finally finding refuge in a hospital where the child dies. Robert learns from his wife the reason for Bernice's departure, locates the girl, and, after divorcing his wife, marries her.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Louis B. Mayer Productions

Quick Facts

Release Date October 31, 1919
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0010276

Cast

Anita Stewart
Anita Stewart

Berenice

Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle

Robert Lane

Vernon Steele
Vernon Steele

Jasper Norton

Eulalie Jensen
Eulalie Jensen

Helen Lane

Naomi Childers
Naomi Childers

Marguerite Hunt

Templar Saxe
Templar Saxe

Paul Stapleton

Hattie Delaro
Hattie Delaro

Miss March

Key Crew

Wilfrid North
Director
Louis B. Mayer
Producer
Anita Stewart
Producer

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