 With this new company, he produced and directed a series of films including "La 13ème chaise" based on the play by Bayard Veiller and "Twin Pawns" starring the Hollywood celebrity Mae Murray.His 1920 film, "The Lifting Shadows", strongly criticized the newly ascended powers in Russia and revealed Léonce's prejudices towards Bolshevism.His string of successful films continued until 1921 when an economic recession in the U.S. put the brakes on the burgeoning film industry.