The 24 Aug 1929 Hollywood Filmograph announced that production of the forthcoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M-G-M) release, Their Own Desire, was underway at M-G-M Studios in Culver City, CA. The picture, based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Sarita Fuller, was under the joint direction of E. Mason Hopper and James Grant Forbes, and starred Norma Shearer. Forbes also wrote dialogue for the adaptation.
       Several publications, including the 31 Aug 1929 Motion Picture News, erroneously stated the film's title as Their Own Desires.
       Although the 21 Aug 1929 Var listed Regis Toomey in the cast, he was forced to drop out due to a commitment with another production, and was replaced by Robert Montgomery, according to the 5 Sep 1929 FD.
       The Dec 1929 New Movie Magazine reported that polo sequences were filmed at the Midwick Country Club in Alhambra, CA, which had a regulation polo field and two smaller polo fields on its grounds.
       A release chart in the 23 Nov 1929 Motion Picture News listed a 3 Jan 1930 release date. However, modern sources reported a 27 Dec 1929 release.
       Their Own Desires opened at the Capitol Theatre in New York City on 24 Jan 1930, as announced in the 29 Jan 1930 Var review. Var and the 26 Jan 1930 FD review deemed the picture and its performances "first-rate." FD also praised the film's direction and stated that "the story is evenly entertaining, frequently whimsical, and ends satisfactorily."
       Norma Shearer was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Their Own Desire, but she won the Best Actress award for another 1930 production, The Divorcée (see entry).