 In 1924, she began working as a freelance theatre critic until in 1927, Hans Feld, a friend of her brother, suggested she worked for him at "Film Kurier", one of many film trade papers in Berlin.She joined the "Film Kurier" as a staff journalist, writing a mixture of articles and interviews and the occasional film review including the premiere of "Mädchen in Uniform".Most of the premieres and major commercial feature films were reviewed by the men on the staff but occasionally she was allowed to assess them.