They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1940 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Garson Kanin

Written By:
Robert Ardrey
Sidney Howard

Actors:
Carole Lombard ..... Amy Peters
Charles Laughton ..... Tony Patucci
William Gargan ..... Joe
Harry Carey ..... The doctor
Frank Fay ..... Father McKee
Joseph E. Bernard ..... The R.F.D. (as Joe Bernard)
Janet Fox ..... Mildred
Lee Tung Foo ..... Ah Gee, the Cook (as Lee Tung-Foo)
Karl Malden ..... Red
Victor Kilian ..... The photographer

Synopsis:

Immigrant Tony Patucci (Charles Laughton) may be the successful owner of a vineyard in California, but he's self-conscious about his poor English and lacks social grace. So when he spies fetching waitress Amy (Carole Lombard), he decides to pursue her by letter and tosses in a photo of his handsome foreman Joe (William Gargan) for good measure. When Amy comes to visit, she's furious at the deception. Tony eventually wins her over, but she can't ignore her growing feelings for Joe.

Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer, sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman, Joe (William Gargan), instead of his own, hoping to woo and marry Amy (Carole Lombard), a waitress in a San Francisco restaurant. Through a series of letters, the two become close and Tony invites his 'future wife' to visit. When the beautiful, young Amy arrives at Tony's Napa, California ranch she falls for the wrong man thinking that Joe is the wealthy Tony. When Tony tries to win her over in broken English, she is at first furious and then charmed. But Tony breaks his legs while showing off to impress Amy, and - left alone to care for a cripple - she reluctantly succumbs to Joe's charms and becomes pregnant. Although Tony discovers that he has been cuckolded and that Joe has run off, his anger turns to genuine love and he offers to take Amy back unconditionally for the sake of the child and his own true feelings for Amy.

In this film, Carole Lombard plays a waitress who lies about herself while carrying on a romance by correspondence with the Italian-born owner of a Napa Valley vineyard. Charles Laughton is the grape grower, who also misrepresents himself in his letters.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 May, 2009.

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