 In the mid-1930s, she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox.The studio cast her in the role of Margarita in its 1936 Technicolor film version of the Helen Hunt Jackson novel "Ramona", starring Loretta Young as the title character.She was Barbara Stanwyck's rival for the love of Joel McCrea in "Banjo on My Knee" (1936) and played the main female role in "Charlie Chan at the Olympics" (1937).