 With Ring Lardner Jr., she wrote speeches for Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles during this period.In 1950, Weinstein began her film career in Paris having left the USA to avoid the rise of anticommunism, as typified by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).In 1952, after settling in London, she established her own production company, Sapphire Films, financally aided by the American Communist Party.