Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Knowlden akashanda zvakatsiga mumafirimu, mazhinji emabhajeti akakwirira, muma1930. Aiwanzo kuiswa semwanasikana wevatambi vakuru, kana semukadzi anotungamira muhudiki hwake. Kutaridzika somunhu muduku zvikuru womutambi akasarudzwa somukadzi anotungamirira kazhinji kazhinji yaiva chikonzero chikuru nei akasarudzwa nokuda kwebasa rakati. Kusiyana nevatambi vakawanda, vana nevakuru zvakafanana, mukati menguva yesisitimu yestudio, haana kumbobvumirana nekambani chaiyo. Kunze kwenguva pfupi panguva yaitorwa firimu ra"Marie Antoinette" apo akadzidza paMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Little Red Schoolhouse, akaenda kuchikoro chehurumende panzvimbo pezvikoro zvevana vatambi muHollywood. Akanga ari mufirimu raGreta Garbo naClark Gable ra1931 "Susan Lenox (Kudonha Kwake uye Kumuka) " asi zviitiko zvake zvakabviswa mumutambo wokupedzisira. Muna 1933, Knowlden aive nebasa risina kubvumidzwa saFlora mudiki mumutambo wepamberi wekodhi "Vakadzi vadiki", uyo wairatidza Katharine Hepburn, uye akasarudzwa kuti apiwe mubairo weOscar weBest Picture pa6th Academy Awards
muna 1934.