Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Knowlden nwere obere akụkụ dị ka Florence Udney na ihe nkiri ihe nkiri akụkọ ihe mere eme nke 1936 "Anthony Adverse", ọzọ na Fredric March na-arụ ọrụ dị mkpa, na Olivia de Havilland dị ka nwanyị ya. A họpụtara ya maka ihe nkiri kachasị mma na
9th Academy Awards n'afọ na-eso ya. E tinyere ya na "Rainbow on the River" (1936), nke Bobby Breen gbara, otu n'ime ihe nkiri ụmụaka ole na ole Knowlden pụtara na ya. Onye nyocha si Detroit Free Press toro arụmọrụ ya dị ka Lucille Layton, na-akpọ ya "obere onye na-eme ihe nkiri mara mma". Na ihe nkiri ihe nkiri akụkọ ihe mere eme nke 1938 "Marie Antoinette", ọ gosipụtara adaeze Marie Thérèse nke France, nwa nwanyị nke aha aha, nke Norma Shearer na-egwu. O mekwara Laurie Martin, ịhụnanya ịhụnanya nke James Cagney, dịka nwatakịrị na "Angels with Dirty Faces" n'otu afọ ahụ.