Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubudirira kwaFitzgerald kwakamuendesa kuNew York uye pachikuva cheBroadway muna 1938. Akaita kutanga kwake kweAmerica achipesana naOrson Welles muMercury Theatre kugadzirwa kwe "Heartbreak House". Mugadziri weHollywood Hal B. Wallis akamuona mukugadzirwa uku uye akazomusainira chibvumirano neWarner Bros. Akave nekubudirira kukuru muna 1939: basa mufirimu raBette Davis "Dark Victory", uye
Kusarudzwa kweOscar nokuda kwokubatsira kwake saIsabella Linton mu"Wuthering Heights" yaWilliam Wyler.