He achieved fame in 1933, when he made seven movies that year, including "Today We Live", written by William Faulkner, "Bombshell", with Jean Harlow (with whom he co-starred in three other movies), and the smash hit "Dancing Lady", again with then-wife Joan Crawford and Clark Gable.
Tonejev filmski prvenec je postal film "The Wiser Sex" (1932).