Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei rārangi - Na te angitu o Fitzgerald i kawe ia ki New York me te atamira o Broadway i te tau 1938. I puta tana tuatahi ki Amerika i te taha o Orson Welles i te mahinga o te Mercury Theatre o "Heartbreak House". I kite te kaiwhakanao Hollywood a Hal B. Wallis i a ia i roto i tenei mahi, a, i muri mai ka haina ia ki tetahi kirimana me Warner Bros. E rua nga angitu nui i te 1939: he mahi i roto i te kiriata a Bette Davis "Dark Victory", me te Academy Award
whakaingoa mō tana mahi tautoko hei Isabella Linton i te "Wuthering Heights" a William Wyler.