Universal Studios renewed her contract for three months, and she appeared in a small role in Waterloo Bridge (1931), before being lent to Columbia Pictures for The Menace, and to Capital Films for Hell's House (all 1932).
Universal Studios renovou o seu contrato por tres meses e Davis apareceu nun pequeno papel en Waterloo Bridge (A ponte de Waterloo) (1931) antes de ser cedida a Columbia Pictures para The Menace (A ameaza) e a Capital Films para Hell's House (A casa do inferno) (ambas as dúas rodadas en 1932).