They Knew What They Wanted (film)
- Carole Lombard: Amy Peters
- Charles Laughton: Amy Patucci
- William Gargan: Joe
- Harry Carey Sr.: doctor
- Frank Fay: Father McKee
- Joseph E. Bernard: rural postman
- Janet Fox: Mildred
- Lee Tung Foo: Ah Gee, the cook
- Karl Malden: Red
- Victor Kilian: Photographer
They Knew What They Want is an American feature film from 1940, the director Garson Kanin based on the eponymous 1925 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama by Sidney Howard directed and in which Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton playing the lead roles.
Action
Tony is a successful, albeit uneducated middle-aged winemaker. He sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman Joe instead of its own photos of Amy, a waitress in a restaurant in San Francisco. He has the hope of winning Amy for themselves. About Contact both come closer and Tony invites his " future wife " to be to visit a.
When arrives at its Far in Napa, it keeps Joe for the wealthy Tony. As Tony, the only broken speaks English, tried to explain things and to win her affection, she is initially angry. In the end, Amy agrees to the marriage with Tonye. Things complicate itself when Amy discovers her feelings for Joe and Tony, become crippled, has to rely on their help. Amy is pregnant by Joe. Although Tony discovered the fraud, he offers to Amy to stay for the sake of the child with him.
Background
They Knew What They Wanted was the third film version of the play of the same name. It was in 1925 awarded the Pulitzer Prize as the best stage work. In 1928, the matter was brought as a silent film titled The Secret Hour with Pola Negri and Jean Hersholt on the canvas. Just over a year later was a remake under the title A Lady To Love Vilma Banky and with Edward G. Robinson in the lead roles. The play also provided the basis for the Frank Loesser composed of Broadway musical The Most Happy Fella from the year 1956.
For his role as Joe William Gargan was nominated for the Academy Awards in 1941 for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor, but lost Walter Brennan in The Westerner received.