Kammala wannan jumla: Middleton shi ne manajan kamfanin mota na Middleton na gida kuma ɗan wani masanin katako na California. Ya gabatar da Michelena ga abokansa na al'umma da abokan kasuwanci, ciki har da masu kula da dukiyar Charles Crocker wanda ya sake gina Hotel St. Francis bayan da
Girgizar ƙasa da wuta a shekara ta 1906. Middleton ya kafa Kamfanin Hoton Hoton California a San Rafael a 1912 don manufar yin fim na talla na motocin da yake sayarwa. Ya yanke shawarar cewa kyakkyawar matarsa za ta iya yin fim a cikin fina-finai da kamfanin ya yi. A shekara ta 1914, Middleton da Michelena suna yin manyan fina-finai uku a lokaci guda.