A Lady to Love (1930) Full Movie Pre-Code| Drama | Romance | B&W | 93min | tt0021044 Starring Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle, Lloyd Ingraham Tony (Edward G. Robinson), a prosperous Italian vineyard owner in California, advertises for a young wife, passing off a photograph of his handsome younger brother Buck (Robert Ames), as himself. Lena (Vilma Banky), a San Francisco waitress, takes up the offer, and though she is disillusioned upon discovering the truth, goes through with the marriage because of her desire to have a home and partially because of her weakness for Buck, whose efforts to take her away from Tony wreak havoc on the lives of all three. Director: Victor Sjöström * Based on the play 'They Knew What They Wanted' by Sidney Howard (New York, Nov, 1924) and was previously filmed with Pola Negri in the lead in 1928 and would be remade in 1940 as "They Knew What They Wanted" with Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton.