Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I riro i a ia he Tohu Academy mo nga Paanga Motuhake Pai rawa atu i te 21 o nga Tohu Academy
mo tana mahi i runga i te kiriata moemoea "Portrait of Jennie" (1948). I tohaina e ia te tohu me Paul Eagler, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer, me James G. Stewart.