Marilyn Knowlden Trailers
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In 1931, a one-day effort by Marilyn Knowlden's attorney father led to an interview, a next-day screen test and a large part for four-year-old Marilyn in one of the early "talkies", Women Love Once (1931). A ten-year movie career followed, where she played the daughter of such stars as Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn, Allan Jones and Norma Shearer.
She appeared in some of the screen's great classics, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), David Copperfield (1935) and Les Misérables (1935), in which she played the child Cosette. She appeared in six films nominated by the Academy for Best Production of the Year and performed with such distinguished actors as Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Greta Garbo and Bette Davis.
College, marriage and four children followed. A composer and playwright as well as an actress, she wrote the music and lyrics for ten produced musicals, including three for which she also wrote the scripts. The latter included her musical, "I'm Gonna Get You in the Movies!" for which she drew heavily on her own early experience.
After a 50-year hiatus, Marilyn returned to acting in 1994. She appeared in over 20 plays and musicals in San Diego County, including the role of Aunt Abby in "Arsenic and Old Lace," the leads in "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "Quilters," and Prof. Higgins' mother in "My Fair Lady." In 2011 Bear Manor published Marilyn Knowlden's autobiography "Little Girl in Big Pictures".
Knowlden died on September 15, 2025 of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Eagle, Idaho.
Most Popular Marilyn Knowlden Trailers
Total trailers found: 27
05 July 1940
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children.
14 February 1934
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
18 January 1935
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
16 June 1937
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
20 April 1935
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert.
03 August 1938
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
06 November 1936
A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and enforced by her autocratic father.
07 September 1939
Dr. Garfield gets so involved in his research for an antitoxin for severe burns that he completely neglects his wife, Virginian, and their young son, Steve.
15 September 1935
After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
26 August 1938
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries.
24 November 1932
A high-spirited and short-tempered Texan woman storms her way through life until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the error of her ways.
25 November 1933
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr.
18 November 1932
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
24 November 1933
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
17 May 1936
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
26 November 1938
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
18 December 1936
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
06 November 1936
To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who has a lovely older sister.
05 July 1940
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband.
26 August 1936
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse.
23 November 1934
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
11 November 1938
Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.
19 January 1944
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
19 December 1931
A stuffy family man cheats on his wife but she refuses him a divorce at first. Meanwhile his mistress resents her second class status.
01 November 1931
The Cisco Kid rides again! This time, he robs a bank to save pretty widow Sally Benton and her ranch.
04 July 1931
Happily married Julien Fields journeys to Europe to pursue his artistic interests.
01 January 1938
The Household Finance Corporation presents An Evening with Edgar A. Guest produced by the Jam Handy Organization.
