Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Middleton akanga ari maneja weMiddleton Motor Car Company yomunzvimbomo uye mwanakomana womumwe muridzi wemiti weCalifornia. Akasuma Michelena kushamwari dzake dzomunzanga uye vashandi vebhizimisi, kubatanidza vatarisiri venzvimbo yaCharles Crocker avo vakanga vavakazve St. Francis Hotel pashure pokudengenyeka kwenyika nomwoto zva1906
. Middleton akagadza California Motion Picture Company muSan Rafael muna 1912 nechinangwa chokutora mifananidzo yekusimudzira yemotokari dzaakanga achitengesa. Akasarudza kuti mudzimai wake akanaka aigona kutamba mumafirimu akagadzirwa nekambani yake. Pakazosvika 1914, Middleton naMichelena vakanga vava kuita mafirimu makuru matatu panguva imwe chete.