Following "Horse Feathers", Hecht worked on "Lady and Gent" (at the time known under the title "The Challenge"), directed by Stephen Roberts and starring George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson, and "Devil and the Deep", directed by Marion Gering and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton and Cary Grant. In June and July 1932, Hecht was loaned out from Paramount to M-G-M for the Marion Davies film "Blondie of the Follies" (then known under the title "Good Time Girl"). The film was produced by Davies who sought out Hecht herself and was directed by Edmund Goulding, who would later reunite with Hecht. The film also starred Robert Montgomery, Billie Dove and Jimmy Durante.