The status of Beery's films went into a decline. After an abrupt European vacation, Beery was in "The Bad Man of Brimstone" (1938) with Dennis O'Keefe (and Noah Beery Sr. in a cameo role as a bartender), "Port of Seven Seas" (1938) with Maureen O'Sullivan, "Stablemates" (1938) with Mickey Rooney, "Stand Up and Fight" (1939) with Robert Taylor, "Sergeant Madden" (1939) with Tom Brown, "Thunder Afloat" (1939) with Chester Morris, "The Man from Dakota" (1940) with Dolores del Río, and "20 Mule Team" (1940) with Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter and Noah Beery Jr., enjoying top billing in all of them.