Grant became a leading man alongside Jean Dalrymple and decided to form the "Jack Janis Company", which began touring vaudeville. He was sometimes mistaken for an Australian during this period and was nicknamed "Kangaroo" or "Boomerang". His accent seemed to have changed as a result of moving to London with the Pender troupe and working in so many music halls in the UK and the US, eventually becoming a sort of transatlantic or mid-Atlantic accent. In 1927, he was cast as an Australian in Reggie Hammerstein's musical Golden Dawn, for which he earned $75 a week. The show was not well received, but it lasted for 184 performances and several critics started to notice Grant as the "pleasant new juvenile" or "competent young newcomer".
Grant became a leading man alongside Jean Dalrymple and decided to form the "Jack Janis Company" which began touring vaudeville He was sometimes mistaken for an Australian during this period and was nicknamed "Kangaroo" or "Boomerang" His accent seemed to have changed as a result of moving to London with the Pender troupe and working in so many music halls in the UK and the US eventually becoming a sort of transatlantic or mid-Atlantic accent In 1927 he was cast as an Australian in Reggie Hammerstein's musical Golden Dawn for which he earned $75 a week The show was not well received but it lasted for 184 performances and several critics started to notice Grant as the "pleasant new juvenile" or "competent young newcomer"