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They Knew What They Wanted is a american film of genre Drama directed by Garson Kanin released in USA on 19 october 1940 with Carole Lombard
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
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Add to a movie listThey Knew What They Wanted is a 1940 film with Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton and William Gargan, directed by Garson Kanin. It is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize winning play with the same name by Sidney Howard.
^ "They Knew What They Wanted: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
^ Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57
Synopsis
When visiting San Francisco, Tony Patucci, an ageing illiterate winegrower from the Napa Valley, sees waitress Amy Peters and falls in love. Returning home, he persuades his foreman Joe, an incorrigible womanizer, to write her a letter in Tony's name. Tony's courtship by mail culminates with a proposal, and when she requests a picture of him, he sends one of Joe. Amy accepts and goes to Napa to be married. Although horrified to discover that her prospective husband is the portly Tony, she decides to go through with the marriage. However, while Tony is in bed after an accident, Amy and Joe have an affair. Two months later, as Tony plans the wedding, she discovers that she is pregnant. Upon learning this, Tony pummels Joe, who leaves the vineyards. but forgives Amy, and insists that they still be married, But she is unable to forgive herself, so she leaves with the priest who's come to marry them, while Tony looks on, hoping that she will return one day.Actors
Carole Lombard
(Amy Peters)
Charles Laughton
(Tony Patucci)
William Gargan
(Joe)
Harry Carey
(The Doctor)
Karl Malden
(Red)
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