During this period, Huxley earned a substantial income as a Hollywood screenwriter; Christopher Isherwood, in his autobiography My Guru and His Disciple, states that Huxley earned more than $3,000 per week (approximately $50,000 in 2020 dollars) as a screenwriter, and that he used much of it to transport Jewish and left-wing writer and artist refugees from Hitler's Germany to the US.
dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðɪs pˈiəɹɪəd, hˈʌksli ˈɜːnd ɐ səbstˈænʃəl ˈɪŋkʌm æz ɐ hˈɑːliwˌʊd skɹˈiːnɹaɪɾɚ; kɹˈɪstəfɚɹ ˈɪʃɚwˌʊd, ɪn hɪz ˌɔːɾoʊbaɪˈɑːɡɹəfi maɪ ɡjˈʊɹɹuː ænd hɪz dɪsˈaɪpəl, stˈeɪts ðæt hˈʌksli ˈɜːnd mˈoːɹ ðɐn dˈɑːlɚ θɹˈiː,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ pɜː wˈiːk ɐpɹˈɑːksɪmətli dˈɑːlɚ fˈɪfti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti dˈɑːlɚz æz ɐ skɹˈiːnɹaɪɾɚ, ænd ðæt hiː jˈuːzd mˈʌtʃ ʌv ɪt tə tɹænspˈoːɹt dʒˈuːɪʃ ænd lˈɛftwˈɪŋ ɹˈaɪɾɚ ænd ˈɑːɹɾɪst ɹˈɛfjuːdʒˌiːz fɹʌm hˈɪtlɚz dʒˈɜːməni tə ðə jˌuːˈɛs.