Leigh ya bayyana tare da Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore da Maureen O'Sullivan a A Yank a Oxford (1938), wanda shine na farko daga cikin fina-finai da ta samu a Amurka. A lokacin samarwa, ta ci gaba da kasancewa mai wuya da rashin hankali, a wani bangare saboda ba ta son rawar da ta taka, amma musamman saboda abubuwan da ta yi na nuna rashin amincewa sun kasance suna biyan kuɗi. Bayan magance barazanar karar da aka kawo game da wani abin da ya faru, Korda, duk da haka, ya umarci wakilin ta ya gargadi ta cewa ba za a sabunta zaɓinta ba idan halinta bai inganta ba. Matsayinta na gaba shi ne a Sidewalks na London, wanda aka fi sani da St. Martin's Lane (1938), tare da Charles Laughton.
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