- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adrian Turner
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2 out of 5
Charles Laughton probably wouldn't win any plaudits from Messrs Scorsese or Coppola for his portrayal here of an Italian-American winemaker, who cons waitress Carole Lombard into a mail-order marriage by sending her a picture not of himself, but of his beefcake employee, William Gargan. The plan backfires when Lombard falls in love with Gargan. It's like a French farce transplanted to the Napa Valley - except that it isn't played for laughs. Laughton apparently behaved like a tyrant on the set, but the story gave him a weird accent to play with, and fed his obsession with his physical appearance.
Plot Summary
Drama starring Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton. A simple Italian grape farmer in California's Napa Valley conducts a courtship by correspondence with a lonely San Francisco waitress. But the mail-order fiancée is in for a shock when she arrives at the vineyard for the wedding.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Amy Peters
- Carole Lombard
- Tony Patucci
- Charles Laughton
- Joe
- William Gargan
- Doctor
- Harry Carey
- Father McKee
- Frank Fay
- RFD
- Joseph Bernard
- Mildred
- Janet Fox
- Ah Gee
- Lee Tung-Foo
- Red
- Karl Malden
- Photographer
- Victor Kilian
- Hired hand
- Paul Lepere
Crew
- Director
- Garson Kanin
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