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They Knew What They Wanted

An Italian wine grower who is courting a woman by post sends her a photo without mentioning that it is actually a mugshot of his handsome foreman.

Adaptation of Sidney Howard's play about an Italian wine grower who conducts a courtship by mail with a lonely waitress and asks her to marry him. When she arrives at his California vineyard, however, she discovers the photograph he sent her was not of himself but of his foreman. Though she agrees to go ahead with the wedding, it is the handsome foreman she turns to for comfort when the farmer is injured in an accident.

1 hour, 24 minutes

Last on

Sat 29 Oct 201606:35

Music Played

  • The Beverley Sisters

    Morning Has Broken

Credits

RoleContributor
Tony PatucciCharles Laughton
Amy PetersCarole Lombard
RedKarl Malden
JoeWilliam Gargan
DoctorHarry Carey
Father McKeeFrank Fay
RFDJoseph E Bernard
RedKarl Malden
MildredJanet Fox
Ah Gee, the CookLee Tung Foo
DirectorGarson Kanin
ProducerErich Pommer
WriterRobert Ardrey

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