ˈæftɚ sˌʌm fˈɔls stˈɑːɹts ɪn pɹədˈʌkʃən baɪ hɪmsˈɛlf, hiː tˈiːmd ˌʌp wɪð ˈɛf. ɹˈeɪ kəmstˈɑːk ænd ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti z mˌeɪd hɪz ɹˌɛpjuːtˈeɪʃən baɪ ðɪ ɪmpˈoːɹt ʌv ɹˈʌʃən pɹədˈʌkʃənz fɹʌmðə pˈoʊstɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃənˌɛɹi ɹeɪʒˈiːm.
After some false starts in production by himself, he teamed up with F. Ray Comstock and in the 1920s made his reputation by the import of Russian productions from the post-Revolutionary regime.