Human Desires

Human Desires
Human Desires
	American release poster
Directed by	Burton George
Written by	Burton George; Louis Stevens
Produced by	Archibald Nettlefold
Starring	Marjorie Daw ; Clive Brook ; Juliette Compton
Production; company	Anglia Films Ltd
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors ; Film Booking Offices of America (US)
Release date	November 1924;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated December 28, 2025

Human Desires is a 1924 British silent romance film directed by Burton George and starring Marjorie Daw, Clive Brook and Juliette Compton.^[2] It is also known by the alternative title of Love's Bargain.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] 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
Clive Brook as Georges Gautier
Juliette Compton as Andree de Vigne
Warwick Ward as Pierre Brandon
Russell Thorndike as Paul Perot
Jean de Limur as Henri Regnier

References

↑ Kinematograph Weekly 1 Jan 1925
↑ Low p. 385
↑ "New Pictures: Love's Bargain", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (2): 46, 4 April 1925, retrieved 2 January 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Bibliography

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

External links

Human Desires at IMDb

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[1] Kinematograph Weekly 1 Jan 1925

[2] Low p. 385

[3] "New Pictures: Love's Bargain", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (2): 46, 4 April 1925, retrieved 2 January 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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