Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1929 McNeile ya shirya kundin gajerun labaru daga O. Henry, "Mafi kyawun O. Henry"; labaran sun zama abin koyi a gare shi lokacin da ya fara a matsayin marubuci. A wannan shekarar, an saki fim din "Bulldog Drummond", wanda Ronald Colman ya taka rawa a cikin rawar da ya taka. An zabi Colman ne domin samun lambar yabo ta Academy Award a matsayin dan wasan kwaikwayo mafi kyau a
Bikin bayar da lambar yabo ta Academy karo na uku. Fim din ya sami dala 750,000 a ofishin akwatin, kuma McNeile ya karɓi kimanin £ 5,000 don haƙƙin littafinsa. A wannan shekarar ya rubuta wasan kwaikwayonsa na biyu "The Way Out" wanda aka shirya a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Comedy a watan Janairun 1930. Kimanin shekara guda daga baya shi da matarsa suka koma Ingila, suka zauna kusa da Pulborough, West Sussex.