 In 1931 RKO Pictures offered Olivier a two @-@ film contract at $ 1 @,@ 000 a week ; he discussed the possibility with Coward , who , <unk> , told Olivier " You 've no artistic integrity , that 's your trouble ; this is how you <unk> yourself . " He accepted and moved to Hollywood , despite some <unk> . His first film was the drama Friends and Lovers , in a supporting role , before RKO loaned him to Fox Studios for his first film lead , a British journalist in a Russia under martial law in The Yellow <unk> , alongside <unk> <unk> and Lionel Barrymore . The cultural historian Jeffrey Richards describes Olivier 's look as an attempt by Fox Studios to produce a likeness of Ronald Colman , and Colman 's moustache , voice and manner are " perfectly reproduced " . Olivier returned to RKO to complete his contract with the 1932 drama <unk> Passage , which was a commercial failure . Olivier 's initial foray into American films had not provided the breakthrough he hoped for ; disillusioned with Hollywood , he returned to London , where he appeared in two British films , Perfect Understanding with Gloria Swanson and No Funny Business — in which Esmond also appeared . He was <unk> back to Hollywood in 1933 to appear opposite <unk> <unk> in Queen Christina , but was replaced after two weeks of filming because of a lack of chemistry between the two . 
