 Jannings worked with Murnau on two other films; playing the title character in "Tartuffe" ("Herr Tartüff", 1925), and as Mephistopheles in "Faust" (1926).His increasing popularity enabled Jannings to sign an agreement with Paramount Pictures and eventually follow his acting colleagues Lubitsch and Negri to Hollywood.He started his career in 1927 with "The Way of All Flesh" directed by Victor Fleming (now lost) and in the following year performed in Josef von Sternberg's "The Last Command".