Actor: Evalyn Knapp

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Birthday: 1908-06-17
Born in: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Evalyn Knapp (June 17, 1906 – June 12, 1981) was an American film actress of the late 1920s, 1930s, and into the 1940s. She was a leading B-movie serial actress in the 1930s. Born as Evelyn Pauline Knapp in Kansas City, Missouri in 1906, Knapp started acting in silent films, her first role being in the 1929 film At The Dentist's. In 1932, Knapp was one of fourteen girls, including Ginger Rogers and Gloria Stuart, selected as "WAMPAS Baby Stars". Knapp achieved success in cliffhanger serials, which were popular at the time. She played the title character in the 1933 serial The Perils of Pauline. One of her better known film roles was opposite Ken Maynard in the 1934 film In Old Santa Fe. Her career flourished through 1941, but slowed afterward. In 1943, she played her last role, which was uncredited, in Two Weeks To Live, starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff in one of the Lum and Abner films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Evalyn Knapp, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
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1939

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Smart Money

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
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Smart Money

1931

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Big City Blues

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
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Big City Blues

1932

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Confidential

A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
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Confidential

1935

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Taxi!

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
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The Millionaire

A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.
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The Millionaire

1931

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His Private Secretary

Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a job with the company to prove she's okay.
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His Private Secretary

1933

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Idiot's Delight

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
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Idiot's Delight

1939

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In Old Santa Fe

Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and has the stage robbed, Kentucky finds the outlaws and brings them in. Tracy frames him for the murder of the driver but his pal Cactus gets him out of jail. He returns just as Chandler shoots Tracy and Kentucky finds himself arrested for another murder.
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In Old Santa Fe

1934

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Ladies Crave Excitement

Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
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Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

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Madame Racketeer

International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
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Madame Racketeer

1932

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