 In the latter part of the decade, Samuel wrote several novels, including "Mon Paul", "The Skyscraper Murder", and "The Murder in the Gilded Cage", on his own, while the pair collaborated on plays.The two wrote several plays and screenplays for mostly B-movies throughout the 1930s, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story for "My Favorite Wife" in 1940.They also penned a remake of "Grand Hotel", entitled "Week-End at the Waldorf" (1945), which starred Ginger Rogers.