They Knew What They Wanted
US (1940): Drama
Garson Kanin directs this RKO release. When a beautiful, but poor, waitress (Carole Lombard) agrees to a mail-order marriage with a wine grower (Charles Laughton), she discovers he has misrepresented himself -- and has even sent her a picture of one of his workers (William Gargan) as himself. Though she swears to be true to him, she ends up in a torrid affair with the worker despite her best intentions, and even becomes pregnant by him. In an ending surprising for its time, her husband forgives her and the movie ends on a relatively happy note. The film was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sidney Howard. (amctv.com)
1 nomination
· Supporting Actor 1940: William Gargan