His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film Marie Antoinette. He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including Pride and Prejudice and Boom Town (both 1940), Blossoms in the Dust and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (both 1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943).
His career began at MGM in 1938, with his first assignment being the Norma Shearer film "Marie Antoinette." He also worked on several of MGM's high-profile films including "Pride and Prejudice," "Boom Town," "Blossoms in the Dust," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Mrs. Miniver," and "Madame Curie."