Evalyn Knapp

Evalyn Knapp

Born: June 17, 1908
Died: June 12, 1981
in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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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.

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Roar of the Press
Title: Roar of the Press
Character: Evelyn
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Title: The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Character: Evelyn Jordan
Released: March 6, 1941
Type: Movie
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
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Meat and Romance
Title: Meat and Romance
Released: October 29, 1940
Type: Movie
A young doctor and his home economics expert sister teach us about the benefits of meat.
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Girl in 313
Title: Girl in 313
Character: Arrested Girl
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?
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Sauce for the Gander
Title: Sauce for the Gander
Character: Secretary
Released: February 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tells the radio audience that he thinks men could do a better job running the household than women. When he arrives home, his infuriated wife Margaret proposes that her husband put his money where his mouth is. The couple switch roles, with Margaret going to the office and Tom cooking and cleaning. While Margaret becomes a successful entrepreneur, the man of the house comes dangerously close to having a nervous breakdown. Overwhelmed by a woman's work, Tom begs Margaret to go back to the way things were, but his now-independent wife isn't interested.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1939
Type: Movie
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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Idiot's Delight
Title: Idiot's Delight
Character: Nurse #4
Released: January 27, 1939
Type: Movie
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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Wanted by the Police
Title: Wanted by the Police
Character: Kathleen Murphy
Released: September 21, 1938
Type: Movie
A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a garage, but soon finds himself being implicated in a stolen-car racket.
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Rawhide
Title: Rawhide
Character: Peggy Gehrig
Released: April 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Saunders with his Cattlemen's Protective Agency is running roughshod over the ranchers. Lawyer Larry Kimball is fighting him but he needs a rancher that will stand up with him against Saunders. He finds him when Lou Gehrig retires from baseball to take up ranching. Lou expects to relax on his ranch but quickly joins Larry in the fight.
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Hawaiian Buckaroo
Title: Hawaiian Buckaroo
Character: Paula Harrington
Released: January 14, 1938
Type: Movie
Cowboys live amidst Hawaiian scenery and song.
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Bulldog Edition
Title: Bulldog Edition
Character: Randy Burns
Released: September 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gangster inserts himself into the middle of it. Also complicating matters is that one newspaper's editor and circulation director are competing for the affections of a pretty blonde reporter.
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Three of a Kind
Title: Three of a Kind
Character: Barbara Penfield
Released: May 19, 1936
Type: Movie
A truck driver and a gold-digger meet at a swank hotel and both think the other is wealthy. A drama of greed and society.
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Laughing Irish Eyes
Title: Laughing Irish Eyes
Character: Peggy Kelly
Released: March 4, 1936
Type: Movie
An Irish crooner flirts with prize-fighting.
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The Fire-Trap
Title: The Fire-Trap
Character: Betty Marshall
Released: November 26, 1935
Type: Movie
An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are conspiring to commit insurance fraud by overvaluing a decrepit warehouse and its contents and burning the building to the ground.
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Confidential
Title: Confidential
Character: Maxine Travers
Released: October 16, 1935
Type: Movie
A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
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Ladies Crave Excitement
Title: Ladies Crave Excitement
Character: Wilma Howell
Released: June 21, 1935
Type: Movie
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
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One Frightened Night
Title: One Frightened Night
Character: The Fake Doris Waverly
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before the stroke of midnight. When his long-lost granddaughter suddenly arrives, Whyte changes his mind and proclaims that she will receive his entire fortune. A second lady appears at the estate, claiming that she is actually Whyte's granddaughter, Doris Waverly, and the first woman is found murdered in her room! With each guest possessing a motive, the mystery of the killer's identity briskly unfolds through a stirring series of surprises.
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In Old Santa Fe
Title: In Old Santa Fe
Character: Lila Miller
Released: November 15, 1934
Type: Movie
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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A Man's Game
Title: A Man's Game
Character: Judy Manners
Released: June 16, 1934
Type: Movie
During one blaze, Firefighters Tim and his partner Dave (Ward Bond) rescue pretty stenographer Judy (Evelyn Knapp). Falling in love with the girl, the boys try to save her from getting mixed up in an embezzlement scheme.
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Speed Wings
Title: Speed Wings
Character: Mary Stuart
Released: February 5, 1934
Type: Movie
A kidnapping, three airplane crashes and several fist-fights adds speed to the plot in which the plans of a new, faster airplane motor invented by brothers Tim and Jerry are stolen and suspicion falls on their office secretary Mary Stuart. But she can pilot an airplane with the best of them and she risks her life to save Tim. And when she gets kidnapped, Jerry regains his lost nerve in rescuing her.
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Perils of Pauline
Title: Perils of Pauline
Character: Pauline Hargrave
Released: November 5, 1933
Type: Movie
A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.
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Police Car 17
Title: Police Car 17
Character: Helen Regan
Released: September 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Motor patrolman Tim Conlon and his partner Bumps O'Neill vie for the attentions of Helen Regan, daughter of a fellow cop.
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Dance, Girl, Dance
Title: Dance, Girl, Dance
Character: Sally Patter
Released: September 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Vaudevillian Joe Pitt sweeps young Sally Patter off of her feet and steals the lovestruck girl away from her small-town family to join his act. She winds up heartbroken, pregnant and broke when Joe runs off with the magician's sexy assistant. Sally bravely persists and her immense dancing and singing talent gain the notice of prominent producer, Wade Valentine. Under Valentine's tutelage, she rockets to Broadway stardom while Joe Pitt is reduced to waiting on tables. Alone, Sally proudly gives birth to a baby son. Wade proposes marriage to his beloved protege and it appears that Joe Pitt may never learn about the son he has fathered.
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Corruption
Title: Corruption
Character: Ellen Manning
Released: June 18, 1933
Type: Movie
A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.
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His Private Secretary
Title: His Private Secretary
Character: Marion Hall
Released: June 10, 1933
Type: Movie
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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The Vanishing Frontier
Title: The Vanishing Frontier
Character: Carol Winfield
Released: March 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over by soldiers and when two of Kirby's men are captured, he goes there to free them. He meets the General's daughter there and attracted to her, repeatedly returns to see her. Eventually he is captured and now his men must try and rescue him.
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State Trooper
Title: State Trooper
Character: June Brady
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Mike Rolph quits his job, seemingly, as a highway patrolman and takes the position of the Police Chief of W. J. Brady's oil refinery. He is also romantically involved with Brady's daughter, June. It appears that some highly-placed employee has sold out to the opposition refinery people, and much sabotage and havoc is being caused.
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Air Hostess
Title: Air Hostess
Character: Kitty King
Released: January 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A plucky stewardess risks her life marrying a daredevil pilot.
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Slightly Married
Title: Slightly Married
Character: Mary Smith
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him and they were going to be married.
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Big City Blues
Title: Big City Blues
Character: Jo-Jo
Released: September 18, 1932
Type: Movie
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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A Successful Calamity
Title: A Successful Calamity
Character: Peggy Wilton
Released: September 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
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This Sporting Age
Title: This Sporting Age
Character: Mickey Steele
Released: September 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Polo, a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals by driving a small ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet.
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The Night Mayor
Title: The Night Mayor
Character: Doree Dawn
Released: August 18, 1932
Type: Movie
Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night life, sports, the theater, and an actress, Knapp. When scandal rocks his administration, Tracy has his girl friend marry Dillaway, a writer friend, so that the press will leave him alone.
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Madame Racketeer
Title: Madame Racketeer
Character: Alice Hicks
Released: July 23, 1932
Type: Movie
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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The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Title: The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Character: Doris
Released: May 28, 1932
Type: Movie
A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.
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Fireman, Save My Child
Title: Fireman, Save My Child
Character: Sally Toby
Released: February 20, 1932
Type: Movie
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game?
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High Pressure
Title: High Pressure
Character: Helen Wilson
Released: January 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...
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Taxi!
Title: Taxi!
Character: Actress in Movie Clip (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1931
Type: Movie
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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Side Show
Title: Side Show
Character: Irene
Released: September 19, 1931
Type: Movie
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
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The Bargain
Title: The Bargain
Character: Vorencia
Released: July 23, 1931
Type: Movie
A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.
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Smart Money
Title: Smart Money
Character: Irene Graham
Released: June 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
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The Millionaire
Title: The Millionaire
Character: Barbara Alden
Released: May 1, 1931
Type: Movie
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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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Title: How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
Character: Herself
Released: April 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Golf expert Bobby Jones arrives on the golf course to join actors James Cagney, Anthony Bushell, Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, and Louise Fazenda in shooting a golf instruction film. Louise Fazenda however has no knowledge of golf and her ongoing commentary disrupts Jones's attempts to practice. While Cagney and Bushell hold Louise's mouth shut, Jones demonstrates his approach to golf. Later, upon arrival of director George Marshall, Louise is sent off "to practice" alone while the cast and crew go about shooting the film.
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50 Million Frenchmen
Title: 50 Million Frenchmen
Character: Miss Wheeler-Smith
Released: February 14, 1931
Type: Movie
In this comedy, two men make an extravagant $50,000 dollar bet that one of them will be able to successfully court a lovely woman without spending any money. To foil his scheme, the other bettor hires two henchmen to stop him.
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Mothers Cry
Title: Mothers Cry
Character: Jenny Williams
Released: December 4, 1930
Type: Movie
Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life of crime and now returns to inflict his insane behavior on the family household.
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River's End
Title: River's End
Character: Miriam
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reaches of Northern Canada, Keith turns out to be a dead ringer for Conniston. On the way back, the sled overturns, Keith grabs the gun and leaves them to die in the snow. After second thoughts he comes back and brings them to safety at an RCMP emergency cabin. Conniston dies of a frozen lung.
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Sinners' Holiday
Title: Sinners' Holiday
Character: Jennie
Released: October 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a frame-up.
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Title: An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
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Taxi Talks
Title: Taxi Talks
Released: June 6, 1930
Type: Movie
Three incidents in a cab driver's day: a college boy wooing a flapper, a gold digger wooing a southern colonel, gun moll kills gangster and wants to be taken to the precinct house.
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Chills and Fever
Title: Chills and Fever
Character: Betty
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
An amateur theatrical society rehearses in a deserted house which is believed to be haunted by two travelers who have lost their way in the rain.
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All Stuck Up
Title: All Stuck Up
Released: January 19, 1930
Type: Movie
When the paperhangers go on strike, guests at a newlyweds' housewarming party try to finish the job with disastrous results.