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Returning from the war, he became a star in such
films as The Sheik and The Three Musketeers (1921
movie)|The Three Musketeers.  When he starred in
1923's A Woman of Paris, he solidified the image
of a well-dressed man-about-town.  His career
stalled with the coming of talkies, but in 1930 he
starred in Morocco (movie)|Morocco.  He was
nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page
in 1931.

In 1947, Menjou cooperated with the House
Committee on Un-American Activities in its hunt
for Communism|Communists in Hollywood. Menjou was
an leading member of the Motion Picture Alliance
for the Preservation of American Ideas, an
right-wing group formed to oppose what its members
saw as excessive Communist influence in Hollywood.
 He published his autobiography, It Took Nine
Tailors in that year.  He ended his career with
such roles as a French officer during World War I
in 1957's Paths of Glory, and as the town
curmudgeon in Pollyanna in 1960.

Menjou has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at
6822 Hollywood Blvd.