Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Sanadkii 1934-kii, Knowlden waxaa loo arkay inuu yahay mid ka mid ah jilayaasha yar yar ee iskood u aasaasay warshadaha tartanka. Waxay ahayd mid ka mid ah seddexdii jilaa ee soo bandhigayay Jessie Pullman (oo siddeed jir ah) filimkii Universal Pictures ee 1934 "Imitation of Life". In ka badan 100 caruur ah ayaa u sugayay qaybtii ay ugu dambeyntii heshay. Filimka, oo ku saleysan Fannie Hurst 1933 buug-gacmeedka isla magaca ah, wuxuu ka hadlay mawduuca gudbinta (mawduuc mar kale lagu baari doono filim ay ka soo muuqatay dhowr sano ka dib, "Show Boat"). Waxay ciyaartay gabadha Claudette Colbert ee da'da yar. Waxaa loo magacaabay Abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada ee Filimka ugu Fiican
Abaalmarintii 7aad ee Akadeemiyada Sanadka soo socda. Sannadkii 2005, filimka waxaa loo xushay in lagu keydiyo Diiwaanka Filimka Qaranka ee Mareykanka sababtoo ah waxaa loo arkaa "dhaqan ahaan, taariikh ahaan, ama qurux ahaan muhiim".